[Mdlug] net neutrality ?

[Dan Pritts]

that's a fun thought but all that fiber google is buying up is
long-haul stuff.  In and of itself, it changes the picture on home
access approximately zero.  

might google decide to get into the access provider business?
Well, maybe.  they've already bid on it in san francisco: 
  
  http://gigaom.com/2005/09/30/google-confirms-san-francisco-wifi-plans/

but the long-haul stuff is the least of their worries if they want to
do this.

danno

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:27:33PM -0500, Jeff Hanson wrote:
> Hopefully Google will use some of that dark fiber they've been buying
> and replace them all.  I can see it now - all the broadband users
> accessing the Internet through Google and *nix and all the dial-up
> users on AOL and Windows.
> 
> On 11/19/06, Dan Pritts <danno at umich.edu> wrote:
> > nice idea; been tried, didn't work out (see: baby bells/ilecs vs.
> > non-facility-based clecs).  Arguably, this was primarily due to
> > ilec lobbying cash.  Fix the lobbying cash issue and this will be simple.
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