Re:Economics of Google Fiber and what it means for U.S. broa...
by mhurron on Friday July 27, 2012 @11:05AM
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> My options for acceptable Internet are nil
And it will remain that way for a long time. Google doesn't serve the whole metropolitan areas they are in and there is no known plan to expand beyond the two areas they are in. Google has stated they do not want to be an ISP so no plans to expand may not just be them being quiet.
So what does this mean for existing large ISP's? Nothing. The same nothing that every little regional ISP means to them.
And it will remain that way for a long time. Google doesn't serve the whole metropolitan areas they are in and there is no known plan to expand beyond the two areas they are in. Google has stated they do not want to be an ISP so no plans to expand may not just be them being quiet.
So what does this mean for existing large ISP's? Nothing. The same nothing that every little regional ISP means to them.