On Feb 11, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John DeCarlo wrote:
So now it is "Boo hoo, we don't have multi-terabit optical switches
anywhere, and it would cost us money to upgrade all at once just for
consumers to get more bandwidth. Boo hoo, give us more money."
Interesting commentary at
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/02/googles-fiber-network-experiment-could-be-disruptive-/1
"Some of the big telecoms may feel threatened by Google's attempts to
control key parts of the Internet, says Day. Others may feel Google
could help validate the hundreds of billions of dollars poured into
installing fiber trunk lines. "If there is a new generation of
compelling applications that come out of this," he says, "it could
stimulate business for everyone."
Several commentators have also noted that there is still a huge amount
of dark fiber left over from the bursting of the Internet bubble a
decade ago. Google could pick this up for a song and bypass
recalcitrant incumbent carriers.
Currently the telecoms are trying to hold the rest of the economy
hostage.
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