Sunday, Apr 1st 2007 by Ewdison Then


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Google TiSPIf you visit Google today you will see a link to Google’s newest service, call Google TiSP. What is Google TiSP? Well, here is a snip from its own page…

“Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for? Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we’ll send you your TiSP self-installation kit, which includes setup guide, fiber-optic cable, spindle, wireless router and installation CD.”

Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.

Google TiSP

Wow, Free wireless broadband! And it uses toilet GFlush™ technology! How amazing is that. Too bad today is April 1st, or else it will be a technology breakthrough by Google.

Okay Google, enough with the fun time and go back to your cave to start making something cool!

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  1.  Paul McNamara   View all comments by Paul McNamara  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    TiSP is a blatant rip-off of DSL technology I introduced a decade ago. Geesh.
    http://www.networkworld.com/co.....node/13240

  2.  Life Is Cruel   View all comments by Life Is Cruel  -4  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Funniest Joke Ever, by far. Wonder what they have next year.
    DSL using the toliet. I was like, you gotta be kidding.

  3.  Almost got me...   View all comments by Almost got me…  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Very funny! I was so excited I had a tough time believing it was true until the pro insatallation part! Nanobots…hehe…kudos google…

  4.  Almost got me...   View all comments by Almost got me…  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    *tough time believing it was *false* whoops!

  5.  Fart joke.   **** joke.">View all comments by <acronym title=**** joke." border="0" />  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    IT’s really a joke?

    Oh yeah, they just put an April Fool’s joke for us!

    Who is gonna grab the cable once it’s flushed down the toilet?

    Funny joke! ha ha ha ha ha!

  6.  lols   View all comments by lols  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I thought google was hacked for a moment

  7.  maleficum   View all comments by maleficum  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    wow, same here, i thought google was hacked. well honestly i was like, wtf? the get started link appear to be very well built just to make us think it is new breakthrough broadband service

    what if there had been an tel number to order such a kit or so… wow! hahahaha good job!

  8.  Beaver Dam WI   View all comments by Beaver Dam WI  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I read all that sh*t for nothing. I’m so pissed that google of all things was actually able to fool me. I forgot it was april 1st today but I knew something was up b/c the toilet or something would have to get fuc*ed up if you flush a cable down it.

  9.  james   View all comments by james  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    my cable has got mess on it

  10.  Rajiv   View all comments by Rajiv  +1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Good joke Google.

  11.  Tom   View all comments by Tom  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    OMG i sent the cable down my toilet but i still cant get connected to tha internet.

  12.  macaroniconnection   View all comments by macaroniconnection  +1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    We knew already that the internet is a series of tubes. The gentleman from Alaska told us so.

  13.  macaroniconnection   View all comments by macaroniconnection  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    We already knew the internet is a series of tubes – the gentleman from Alaska already told us so.

  14.  Funny Man   View all comments by Funny Man  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    There’s a lot of crap on the web Lol.

  15.  Al Gore   View all comments by Al Gore  +2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    …I still invented the internet….

  16.  shunkl   View all comments by shunkl  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    i got my card i was about to buy it :) , April fool ??????????????

  17.  Carlo   View all comments by Carlo  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Funny stuff, I was close to contacting google about it, then I looked at the time, I forgot it was april fools day.

  18.  matt   View all comments by matt  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    AWWWWW i wanted this soooooo badddd i got my credit cart out and all

  19.  Jimmy   View all comments by Jimmy  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Kinda makes you wonder where they got the pics from…

  20.  Miranchos!!!   View all comments by Miranchos!!!  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    The funniest part was, “How can Google afford to provide Broadband for free? Well we analyze your poop :D and advertise your last dined meal” Omg that made my day I could not stop laughing!!!

  21.  Jimmy   View all comments by Jimmy  +2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Rubber gloves ………………………. $1
    Netgear wireless router …………. $65
    100 yards of optical cable …….. $500

    Playin’ in the toilet for free internet ….. priceless

  22.  Jeff   View all comments by Jeff  +2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    LOL, the plans are:

    Trickle: Free
    The #2: $9.95/mo.
    The Royal Flush: $24.95/mo.

    XD

  23.  Jimmy   View all comments by Jimmy  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I’d hate to be the guy that has to crawl down a manhole somewhere to connect the other end of the cable.

  24.  VMC-FORUM   View all comments by VMC-FORUM  +2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    how do i sign up?

  25.  Sam   View all comments by Sam  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    This is why i come back to slashgear, u all know how to make geeks like me laugh

  26.  Scheme   View all comments by Scheme  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Ha Ha Ha!

  27.  Jonathan Chester   View all comments by Jonathan Chester  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    This was great. This would have been funnier if’n nationwide there were not real, BIG problems with wide-spread sewer maintainence neglect. Oh well..

    Flush….

  28.  Tony   View all comments by Tony  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    LOL!! I seriously thought it was real, even the part about putting the cable in the toilet. I was actually going to call my sister and tell her to sign up for it. I only started to get suspicious when they stated to talk about nanobots.

  29.  Preston   View all comments by Preston  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I fell for both of google’s tricks, the gmail one where they were going to print up your emails and the TiSP one, I am so gullable =’(

  30.  Ewdison Then   View all comments by Ewdison Then  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    hehehe, we always like to have fun on april fools day :)
    Shows that we gadget guys and gals can be humorous too :)

  31.  aVa   View all comments by aVa  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Yuk!!! I have a dirty toilette phobia and had the hardest time imagining people with dirty toilettes installing this free broadband service. lol. You fooled me, Google but I still love you!

  32.  Johly   View all comments by Johly  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Too Bad its April 2nd here in Australia!!

    I reckon you owe us some freebies now Google cos April Fools Day was like soooo yesterday man!

  33.  Gabz   View all comments by Gabz  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Shit, Bugger, Bum, Poo, I thought I was gonna get the internet out of my loo, hehehehe.

  34.  gutix3   View all comments by gutix3  +1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    bustards, i was about to cancel my dsl.

  35.  Very clever   View all comments by Very clever  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    very clever god dam it i arent i a fool. it said free broadband i wonder if you could sew for false advertising

  36.  harshal   View all comments by harshal  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Can’t belive tbis that google is making fun of its uses :)

  37.  paco665   View all comments by paco665  +1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Wow, that joke was VERY original, Google had me for 3 hours until I looked on the date: it’s April the 1st! But Wow! If Google would’ve made that real, they would’ve screwed all the internet companies instantly, LOL! I guess those who work in the Telecom for example got friggen scared when they saw it, and relaxed when they noticed it was a joke. And I thought: “Woo, when it comes to New Zealand, then no more wireless network catching for me :)”.

    Thanks for the laugh Google, good one!

    Paco the dog

  38.  Moe   View all comments by Moe  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    how do i sign up?

    Moron. lol.

  39.  Ricardo Teixeira   View all comments by Ricardo Teixeira  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Really cool April Fools’ joke! I even made an installation video of Google TiSP:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDj4eSRNf90

  40.  Art   View all comments by Art  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Hey anyone know how to pull wires out of a toilet. I think the TISP fiberoptic cable is stuck somewhere in my toilet.

    I read this thing and told my wife about it. It sounded real but I hadnt read all the way thru it. I got April fooled so bad.

  41.  Kumi   View all comments by Kumi  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Haha! I was like, at the first page…ooh! Free Internet! Then came the toilet and I was just…what the? Hahaha.

  42.  Lazy John   View all comments by Lazy John  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    And I was like, “No shit?” LOL

  43.  Mike   View all comments by Mike  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Not to far fetched !! Take a look at H20 Networks in the UK and what they are doing with waste water pipes in towns and communities in Britian…

    Mike
    ——————————
    http://www.focuss.net/

    H2O Networks has transformed the deployment and build of fibre optic links. We have developed the Focus System (Fibre Optical Cable Underground Sewer System) to meet the demands of 21st Century communications.

    We build bespoke fibre links, utilising the waste water networks, which allows us to be faster and more cost effective than the traditional methods. In addition by utilising a duct which has stood the test of time it provides a unique highly secure access into inner city areas . Our low cost platform allows us to build bespoke networks at a fraction of the traditional cost. We offer long term fixed term agreements for dark fibre which negate the usual uplift charges for additional bandwidth requirements.

    H2O Networks – using the past to connect the future.

  44.  Jones   View all comments by Jones  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    the internet is going down the sh*tter….literally!!

  45.  elwan   View all comments by elwan  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    no no no no that is very embresss i was going 2 ask one of my friends 2 try it :D:D:D:D

  46.  Mark   View all comments by Mark  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    I would like to flush my cable service down the crapper. Maybe it would improve the service. Although its the same sh*t on TV. Never mind.

    You go Google! ;-)

  47.  I'm Stupid...   View all comments by I’m Stupid…  +1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Hey, Art. You’re not the only stupid one…I got so excited I flushed my cable down and THEN realized I had a septic tank…maybe if I asknicely my own poop will hook me up with some broadband…or not…i’m stupid…

  48.  Goldie   View all comments by Goldie  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    They didn’t get me!! I was too skeptical. Nothing is ever free!! There’s always a catch to everything supposedly free. Very professional joke, Google!!! Way to go!!

  49.  John   View all comments by John  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Wow, you really got me, I am currently so excited about installing and deploying Google apps for a small non profit business in Florida and ran across this in a Google search, I even told the boss that I was going to sign up for it. Then my wife googled it and found out I am am super idiot…….. LOLOL You got me google. And thanks for the laugh everyone in the office is still talking about the darn nano bots that were coming thru the toilet to configure our system…… LOL

    Now go back to work folks you are making google a necessity for nonprofits and underfunded schools you guys rock and keep up the good work. .

    Take care

    John and Miriam

  50.  The Isaac   View all comments by The Isaac  -1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    wow waht a Douceh… dude i knew it was to good to be true… once i read “flush it down the toilet” i was like whaaat!?!?!?! i was so convinced google was ready to take over the world with this… ugh… i was ready to have free internet for life, i even told my friends…

    good one man. im so mad right now but i cant keep the smile off my face.


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