Google Seeks to Develop Parallel Internet?

KhanReaper writes "As reported on On the Media and Business 2.0, Google appears to be purchasing dark (unused) fiber optic cable across the United States with the intention of building its own alternative parallel internet that would presumably be called GoogleNet. Possessing such a thing could allow Google to offer internet access in the form of free wifi or other means and create a powerful captive marketing audience which Google could monopolize. Outside of these marketing opportunities, such a development in infrastructure could help reduce Google's long-term content delivery costs were it to take on more bandwidth-intensive activities in the future."

Comments

Re:Separate Internet Unlikely

[bheer]

Why would Google want to get into the ISP biz, which is already crowded and a halo-killer to boot (practically no one loves their ISP...)

I think it's media distribution: given that Google has taken baby steps in online media distribution (Google Video), it isn't farfetched for them to be thinking about getting into the media distribution biz for real (as rumored here) and beat Apple to the punch by licensing it to all comers *and* making it usable by mobile users.

Re:Dark Fiber

[alelade]

And these "not unused" fibers are being used for ... ???

Re:Google 'dominance' can evaporate

[CProgrammer98]

DUDE check your facts before posting, it works just fine.