Google Explains ISP Rumors

WindozeSux writes to mention a Wired article explaining why Google bought all that dark fiber, the event that spurred rumors they were planning an ISP. From the article: "When asked by Wired News whether Google was buying up dark fiber, a company spokesman replied that 'Google has and will continue to invest in the equipment our company needs to give our users around the world the best and fastest search results.' Rumors of Google as an ISP were also fueled by the company being granted a large block of new IPv6 addresses last year." They plan to restrict their role as an ISP to the Mountain View and San Francisco areas.

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2001:4860::/32

[sa3]

Rumors of Google as an ISP were also fueled by the company being granted a large block of new IPv6 addresses last year.

A /32 is nothing - it's the minimum size you can advertise globally.

Re:2001:4860::/32

[sa3]

The last 64 bits are for auto-negotiation, so your /64 does one LAN.
A /48 should be assigned to end users, who can then use as many /64s as needed (up to 65536).
So a /32 is just 65536 /48s, which isn't much.

Re:Walmart syndrome

[giorgiofr]

Slashdot cut out the Euro symbol from my post so I'm not sure if it was clear that I was talking about a non-US entity. Anyway the ISP is Tiscali, they've got a few million users in Europe.