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Google to Create a Private Internet Alternative?

Posted by Zonk on from the they-will-also-create-a-starcrusher dept.

dbucowboy writes "Times Online UK reports that Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by the search giant, according to sources who are in commercial negotiation with the company. Should Google successfully launch an alternative internet, it is theoretically possible for them to block out competitor websites and only allow users to access websites that have paid Google to be shown to their users." We discussed this topic during summer last year.

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  1. Are they? Really? by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Actually, I think that Google is simply trying to explore different possibilities for new business. This doesn't mean that they will come to pass, but at least they looked into the cost/benefit of the idea.

    And who knows? Maybe they will do it. But just because they can doesn't mean they will.

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  2. Re:Or The Real Security 2.0... by PatrickThomson · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Nail on the head. So many of the awful things we're stuck with today on the internet are because of design decisions made when resources were scarce, or problems were not envisioned - I've always said that the only way to fix it is to throw most of it away and start again. TCP, IP, all old and flawed.

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