I was just at the Google homepage when I noticed yet another April Fools Joke, this time it is called Google TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider). You can view the press release for more details, but I think this pretty much sums it up:
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the launch of Google TiSP (BETA)™, a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users’ plumbing systems. The Toilet Internet Service Provider (TiSP) project is a self-installed, ad-supported online service that will be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal sewage system.
“We’ve got that whole organizing-the-world’s-information thing more or less under control,” said Google Co-founder and President Larry Page, a longtime supporter of so-called “dark porcelain” research and development. “What’s interesting, though, is how many different modalities there are for actually getting that information to you – not to mention from you.”
The whole process is only 8 steps long so it can’t get much easier…except for the last step that can take up to 60 minutes:
Within sixty minutes — assuming proper data flow — the other end of your fiber-optic cable should have reached the nearest TiSP Access Node, where our Plumbing Hardware Dispatchers (PHDs) will remove the sinker and plug the line into our global data networking system.
I think everyone would agree that Enterprise customers get the best deal:
We’re actively developing a higher-performance version of TiSP specifically tailored to small and medium-sized businesses, including 24-hour, on-site technical support in the event of backup problems, brownouts and data wipes.
And lastly, make sure you meet the minimum requirements:
Windows XP/Vista (Mac and Linux support coming soon)
Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Firefox 1.5+ with the Google Toolbar
Round-front or elongated toilet providing at least 1.0 gallons per flush
Use of automatic toilet bowl cleaners is not recommended
Stay tuned as we feature a wide array of April Fools Jokes throughout the day!
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Thanks for the tip “super duper”
well, if it was real, then u would hook it up to your [ohgizmo.com] which will print your favorite feeds on ur toilet paper.
I used it with dontsteal.net
It’s a good idea, I’d sign up for the DNA analysis to predict medical conditions. They do that in Japanese toilets but those toilets are really expensive.
Blatant rip-off of my idea:
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Talk about flushing money down the toilet!
Boy they sure put a lot of work into this! The whole site is so well done.
That’s a good one…I had forgotten about that but they would surely go hand in hand!
I’m sure all of the employees have a lot of fun with it and probably look forward to this time of the year. They do a really great job putting it all together on a professional looking site.
I am looking over my blog stats and noticed a couple things. One this is my top post yesterday and so far today and so far today all my hits via search engine have been from some variation of “google tisp”. Amazing.
Amazingly, it was a similar situation for us too. Google sure knows how to get people talkin’ and searching about toilets
Google offering wireless broadband service isn’t too surprising. I expected Google to make a move in ISP filed for a while, especially dedicated Internet access lines. Their recent acquisitions of dark fiber and Internet hosting start-ups is indication to that. This April fool joke might be just a hint of Google’s more realistic plans for the near future!
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This a joke. Google doesnt need any more adveritising. They are a great company already.