From Tip-Off to Overtime: Find the Right Internet Plan for Sports Fans
One second of buffering — just one second! — is all it takes to miss the final goal, the crucial foul, or the game-winning swoosh. For serious sports fans, a reliable home internet setup is even more important for watching the game than wearing your lucky socks or eating your favorite snacks. To make game day as seamless as possible, choose one of Google Fiber’s four plans, all of which will help ensure you enjoy every moment of the game with zero interruptions.
Google Fiber’s fiber optic internet packages are available at four speeds: one gig, two gigs, five gigs, and eight gigs. The plan that’s right for you will depend on differences such as the size of your home, the number of devices you plan to connect to the Wi-Fi, and how you typically use the internet. One thing each plan has in common: It’ll be the MVP of your live sports season. Ahead, learn more about Google Fiber’s home internet options for households of all sizes.
One Gig Plan
The most basic plan, this is Google’s “classic speed” with uploads and downloads up to one gigabit. Each plan comes with one terabyte of free cloud storage and a Nest Wi-Fi Pro router with Wi-Fi 6E (the fastest home Wi-Fi option on the market) included. Don’t worry about setup: Every Google Fiber plan comes with a free professional installation or a simple DIY installation kit. This plan works best for small households and/or those with single-device streaming. Choose this option if your main internet habits consist of streaming movies and TV and browsing the web.
Two Gig Plan
A slightly elevated plan, this option doubles the download speed to two gigabits. Along with all the extras above, it includes two free mesh extenders, which will create a seamless Wi-Fi network around your entire property with zero slow or dead spots. If you plan to use multiple devices streaming at once (let’s say you want to watch the game while your partner wants to watch reality TV, perhaps?), the Two Gig plan is a safer bet. The high capacity also means less propensity for buffering, meaning you’ll never miss a single nail-biting play.
Five Gig Plan
This next plan more than doubles both download and upload speed to five gigs for both. With five gigs, any member of your household will be able to download or upload massive files at once — and stream live sports without any worries about buffering. It’s the perfect plan for when someone wants to stream the baseball game in the family room, another person wants to watch the soccer game in the basement, a third member of your household wants to play video games, and a fourth is editing home movies.
Eight Gig Plan
Google Fiber’s largest plan is the right choice for the ultra-connected household. If your home includes multiple remote workers and kids of all ages, each of whom have their own online hobbies, you’ll want this supersize plan with professional-grade download and upload speed. Tech lovers with a need to be as connected as possible will appreciate this plan. Sports lovers who opt for this ultimate techie package will love the assurance of zero drops in live-game streaming, even during high-demand events like finals.
When choosing a plan for your home, consider the size of the house, the amount of people you live with, and the typical load of streaming and file sharing you plan to include on one network. Opting for a higher speed won’t just get you hassle-free live-event streaming for games, it’ll also make playing video games, recording music, and any other internet hobbies you have even more frictionless and fun.
Google Fiber has a plan for every type of sports lover, and with the right one, you’ll never miss a game-making moment again. Just one question remains: How big of a fan are you? 
