On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Michael Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Who's to say that Google has a grand plan for letting people get > access to there services. I remember reading this story > http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/01/google-unveils-its-container-data-center/ > and thinking that if they wanted to provide access to there services. > All they would need to do is stick a container or two and then use a > consumer friendly wireless technology. I could individuals in Eugene > using 802.11s or some other mesh protocol to share files or > communicate off the public Internet.
Google did build free wi-fi for Silicon Valley. But when they solicited nominations for test bed communities for their gig per second experimental network, as I recall they said that what they planned to do was to cut deals with other ISPs to provide the last mile connections. The plan included slower wi-fi connections in areas too remote for affordable fiber-optic connections. But as I recall, that was going to be done by contract ISPs too. That doesn't definitely rule out them getting into the mesh network business with the white band spectrum just opened up. But does make it seem that Google doesn't isn't all that interested in becoming a last-mile ISP outside Silicon Valley. Love to be wrong on this. Paul -- Universal Interoperability Council <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
