Google fiber is 1 Giga-bit/sec and not 1GB/sec

Why is this suddenly a topic of discussion? ALL the internet speed companies measure this way, why are we just now clarifying it? This was on Reddit as well, and it's written as if Google was trying to deceive people.

1 Gigabyte per second or 1 Gigabyte per 8 seconds, I don't care. TAKE MY MONEY!

Really?