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Can Google Save Us From Slow Internet
CoveredTrax writes "As part of the beta test of their new gigabit fiber network, Google has provided Stanford University with mouthwateringly high-speed Internet. Since the program was announced, the service, which is now being provided free to students and faculty in the Palo Alto area, has got a lot of people to asking (sometimes begging) that their city be next on Google's list for communication salvation. But can Google save us all from inferior web access? And more importantly, is it a good idea to let them?"
I have to agree with this statement exactly. Google is never perfect, in general it is only significantly better then the alternative, and it forces the alternative to work for the better. When features are sitting in the "we'll get around to it" pile for years, google steps into a market, and in the end whether you take googles option or not, the competition is better for it. Iphone users who enjoy multitasking, google says you are welcome. facebook users enjoying the actually functional groups, google says you are welcome, web mail users of anything who like having space measured in gigabytes, google says you are welcome. Trust them or not, google throwing their hat in the ring in any market, usually turns out well for the consumers, even if the consumers don't use touch google's products
Its intentional, 85% of the fiber in the ground in most areas is not lit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_fibre#Overcapacity
They took $200 billion taxpayer money and ran off with it,
they are just more of the pirates running the country into the ground.
http://www.tispa.org/node/14
We paid for the upgrade already, we got the shaft as usual.
Pirates of the Potomac taking bribes to hand off our money to corporate pirates.
google "32 trillion offshore needs IRS attention"