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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by throwaway90999 on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:35PM (#8955635)
"with goals beyond pure financial gains and rock-bottom self-interest."

This doesn't paint an accurate picture. Google isn't deploying Fiber out of any notion of selflessness. This is a competitive play, and a very good one at that.

You say selfless ideals, I say this is exactly how "the market" and "competition" are commonly understood to function -- in the absence of corruption, regulatory capture and state granted monopolies.

Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @04:04PM (#8955865)
> This is a competitive play, and a very good one at that.

Absolutely it is, yes. You're just not looking beyond that level.

Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by oldmanjay on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @04:43PM (#8956182)
And you're ascribing purity of motivation based on nothing more than apparent religious belief in your savior Larry. Hardly a more convincing argument.
Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by r_edwards on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:04PM (#8956329)
but I would argue a bigger hedge against net neutrality -> not banking on defeating what increasingly looks like regulatory capture.