Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a...
by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @04:04PM
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> This is a competitive play, and a very good one at that.
Absolutely it is, yes. You're just not looking beyond that level.
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.