Verizon stated a fiber-optic field test it carry out in June for a commerce client in Taunton, Mass., carry near gigabit-per-second speeds. The client got 925Mbit/sec. throughput to a server at its commerce site from a Verizon central office less than two miles far, Verizon officials stated. Speeds of 800Mbit/sec. were trace to local speed test servers 400 miles away.

Verizon has attain superior speeds in laboratory experiment using the gigabit passive optical network (GPON) switches and other gear developed by Motorola that Verizon has been set up for two years, but this is the first revealed field test.

The almost gigabit-per-second speeds could equal pace predictable in Google’s Think Big with a Gig trial fiber-optic network first declared in February that has drawn attention from more than 1,100 communities countrywide. Google needs to set up a fiber network test in one or more site with 1Gbit/sec. connections to 50,000 to 500,000 people. Google is predictable to proclaim the place by the end of the year.