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Is Google Planning To Fibre Britain?

Barence writes with this excerpt from PC Pro: "Google has emerged as a surprise contender to invest in Britain's fibre broadband network. The search giant yesterday announced plans to build a gigabit fibre broadband network in the US. The test network will see Google deliver fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) connections to up to half a million US homes. The move raises the possibility that Google is behind the Conservative Party's ambitious plans to deliver nationwide 100Mbits/sec connections by 2017. Parliamentary sources have told PC Pro that the Tories' plans were based on foreign investment in the UK broadband network."

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  1. Re:Is Google Planning To Fibre Britain? by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Came here to see an American complain about spelling/grammar and am leaving satisfied.

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  2. Re:all your base are belong to us by benz001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    .....To many fingers in to many pies. We are meant to use a Google Thin Client, to access Google Services, over Google Fibre....

    Which is looking more and more like their undoing - like all big companies they start off well then spread themselves too thin. Search is great, Analytics is good, Gmail is ok, Docs is still just docs, Wave is just a ripple, Buzz is seriously lacking anything like caffeine and gears has lost a sprocket.