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Google Fiber's Latest FCC Filing: Comcast's Nightmare Come To Life

Posted by timothy on from the just-want-to-seek-some-of-the-same-rents dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from BGR: What's every incumbent ISP's worst nightmare? If we had to guess, it looks something like the filing that Google just made with the Federal Communications Commission. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google this week told the FCC that reclassifying broadband providers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act would have a big side benefit for Google Fiber because it would give Google Fiber the same access to utility poles and other key infrastructure currently enjoyed by Comcast, AT&T and other big-name ISPs.

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  1. Re:One fiber to rule them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not just about the fiber, it's about the utility poles and whatnot.

    Yes, let's not forget about the Whatnot. There's good taxes to collect on that.

    And don't forget to put a few more middlemen in the mix with their hands out for the Things and Stuff too.

    After all, we wouldn't those extra 277 layers of bureaucracy to come crashing down just for the sake of common sense.

  2. Re:One fiber to rule them... by Noah+Haders · · Score: 1, Funny

    if google is going to massively deploy their fiber service, then many more computers will be infected with malware. can anybody recommend a good antivirus software package?