This is actually good new's, considering this line of thought began to look promising in 2000, other unmentioned providers have business models not inclusive of this for another 10 years. I think this at least shows American private industry that we are at least attempting to catch up with Europe and China who already have very high speed networks in the most brutal of environments, I think all local governents should apply. -henry ________________________________ From: Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com> To: Charles N Wyble <charles@knownelement.com> Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 6:39:14 PM Subject: Re: Google to offer fiber to end users
What do folks think?
I think it's a better use of their capital resources than paying big fat bonuses to big fat executives. Sounds like a well funded initiative that may provide an interesting platform to explore new technologies and develop a new array of applications. It would be nice to hear from local folks about how the WiFi experiment in Mountain View worked out. My .02 Jorge