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Can Google Save Us From Slow Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the quicken-my-pipes dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:There's still hope... by stinerman · · Score: 1, Troll

    Call me when it happens. We've got a moderate President and the 111th Congress was center-left at best.

    If you really want a *liberal* supermajority (friendly reminder that Democrat != liberal), we'd need a lot more folks like Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders replacing the Heath Shulers and Mark Pryors of the Congress.

    And then of course, you'd need this liberal supermajority to actually *do something* instead of sitting around being scared of their own shadows.