Google Fiber

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Originally Posted by Cuog

Seriously though while the google fiber idea is cool, its not really what we need right now. It's just more faster and faster connections being put into select areas, while there are still far too many areas of the country with no alternative to dialup. I'd much rather see a broadband initiative to bring basic 1mb+ connections to all those folks left in the dark of the internet, than to provide a few people these fancy new toy connections.

One could also argue that this is a first step to get internet penetration into those areas. Whether it'll be ISPs desperate to reach more customers or Google just expanding because it feels like it, I think that this represents more of a solution than anything.

- Sunny G.