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Re:Cringely: Is Google on Crack? by kingkongrevenge on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @11:07AM (#38375)
The telephone companies.

Google is a stack of contracts and IP; they're made of very ephemeral stuff. The telco's have enduring physical assets. Now, some P2P wireless topology might eventually kill the telco's, but I doubt it.

Re:Cringely: Is Google on Crack? by richcollins on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @01:56PM (#38424)
They own a ton of physical infrastructure.