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We're all waiting for Google to make their announcement. At least everyone in Duluth is! http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/09/goog... If we don't hear by the end of the year as Google promised, the pitchforks and torches will come out of storage.
Is verizon fios not fiber to the home?
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If this is indeed for Google, then congratulations San Francisco!
I'm not so sure how I feel about this. On one hand, this is a direct shot across the bow of the cablecos/telcos. By essentially taking the roadmap of bandwidth expansion via slow, rolling upgrades over a long long period of time and going straight to the ultimate destination, GOOG is sucking a whole lot of "value" out of the existing infrastructure. On the other hand, this will place enormous stress on the regional/l…
Will digital freedom exist in the future? in 20 years, will the thought police/BB be monitoring every action, input and response? [Edit: More-so than now, with Eschelon?]
Sure, the google "Free Candy" van looks really enticing now - but what about once I get in and am too far into the trip to say no?
About two weeks ago I was walking from my house in SF and at 20th and Douglass ( http://goo.gl/WD2SX ) I saw 4 "HP Communications" trucks ( http://www.hpcomminc.com/ ) installing multi-strand fiber on the telco poles. I asked "What are you installing?" "Fiber." "For Google?" :) "Yeah." "The home project?" "Yeah." Check out this "Confidential" PDF: http://www.hpcomminc.com/pdf/Revised_Intro_Draft.pdf Google Cache: htt…
Come on North Dakota!
About two weeks ago I was walking from my house in SF and at 20th and Douglass ( http://goo.gl/WD2SX ) I saw 4 "HP Communications" trucks ( http://www.hpcomminc.com/ ) installing multi-strand fiber on the telco poles. I asked "What are you installing?" "Fiber." "For Google?" :) "Yeah." "The home project?" "Yeah." Check out this "Confidential" PDF: http://www.hpcomminc.com/pdf/Revised_Intro_Draft.pdf Google Cache: htt…
I'm confused - what does a PDF showing their sales pitch have to do with the Google project?
The words of the installer were "Yeah" to my question about the install being for Google.
If this were some po-dunk little company, and they did not have such a strong sales sheet - I would be less-inclined to think that installer was telling me the truth.
The fact is that I didnt reveal all info about myself - I asked him if he was installing for the [google code name for the FIOS project] and he said yes....
so - all the information that I have, leads me to believe them - though, obviously it is circumstantial.
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If this is indeed for Google, then congratulations San Francisco!
I'm not so sure how I feel about this. On one hand, this is a direct shot across the bow of the cablecos/telcos. By essentially taking the roadmap of bandwidth expansion via slow, rolling upgrades over a long long period of time and going straight to the ultimate destination, GOOG is sucking a whole lot of "value" out of the existing infrastructure. On the other hand, this will place enormous stress on the regional/l…
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Yeah, and it's been so unprofitable they've stopped installing it in new towns.
But it seems like they're continuing the build out in areas they've started. I see Verizon FIOS trucks rolling around LA almost every day.