Google does April Fools with TiSP and GMail Paper
April 2, 2007
April Fools day always brings a schmorgasborg of creative stuff on the web. Google once again jumped right in and did themselves proud. The first was GMail Paper with the tagline “You click, We Stack, You Get”. It’s a fake service that says they’ll print your emails and snail mail them to you. Which is funny itself, but the quotes from users is what really made me laugh “Now that I have Gmail Paper, I understand the difference between labels and folders. I had one message with two labels, but when I tried to stick the paper version into two filing cabinets at the same time, it just wouldn’t go.”
The better of the two was Google TiSP a free in-home wireless broadband service.
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.
Ya that’s right… Wifi via your toilet! LOL. Something tells me my buddy Archie already thought this up, but regardless it was still pretty funny. The site is worth browsing because they go into installation details, TiSP for Enterprise, In-Commode Package Delivery (yes they mean receiving packages bought via Google Checkout thru yer toilet) and comes in three tiers of service:
| Trickle | The #2 | Royal Flush | |
| Download speed (max) | 8 Mbps (10X basic DSL) |
16 Mbps (20X basic DSL) |
32 Mbps (40X basic DSL) |
| Upload speed (max) | 2 Mbps | 4 Mbps | 8 Mbps |
| Price | Free | $9.95/mo. | $24.95/mo. |
| Actual speeds will vary, depending on network traffic and sewer line conditions. Users with low-flow toilets may simultaneously experience a saving-the-environment glow and slower-data-speed blues. | |||
Classic. TiSP is in beta because as Google says “When things go wrong with TiSP, they go very, very wrong. Let’s leave it at that.”
Links: Google TiSP and GMail Paper
