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Time for the other so-called broadband providers to shake in their boots. I like companies that have no respect for established business models. In this perspective, despite its size, I think it's fair to call Google a start-up.
Bonus points for doing this in a recession when traditional companies are running for the hills and laying off people left and right. Google continues to innovate and crush competition in multiple industries. I have no doubt that if they want to become an ISP or even pretend to become one to force traditional ISP's to innovate then good for them and better for us.
Did you hear that? It sounded as if millions of hollywood executives suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...
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You may have a problem in NY. In general, the more built up a place is, the more vested interests there are, and the more they are able to manipulate the legislative process. Google moves at Internet speed. Out in the "real world", it's still illegal to sell cars and wine over the Internet, because the local car and liquor distributors have gotten their preferences written into the law. You may find that Google can't…
It's not just NY. It's a lot of places. Many towns have locked down franchise agreements for telephone and cable tv "utilities" just like they do for water or power. If Google admits they're going to deliver advanced Google Voice or YouTube services over these lines, that's infringing on these agreements and the towns face lawsuits from the legacy carriers. You can't just hop on poles and start stringing wires all ov…
This may be paranoia, but I'm actually worried about this much bandwidth being the hands of ordinary people. My reasoning: super-botnets. This has the potential to very easily create a several 100Gbit DDOS network, which is essentially unstoppable. I understand the need and potential for high speed networks, but I think gigabit might be taking it a bit too far. It's a "with great power comes great responsibility" sor…
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I think this is more around trying to force the broadband providers to get their act together. Scare them ;0)
Right. At Google's scale, it will even benefit them a lot if other broadband providers provide a better service, since it promotes more use of the internet, and thus more ad income for Google.