Google Plans to Build Ultra High-Speed Broadband Networks

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

I agree with Gerry. Djf



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> From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com>
> Date: February 10, 2010 5:59:59 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Google Plans to Build Ultra High-Speed Broadband Networks

> Dave [for IP]
>
> I am a huge enthusiast for more broadband competition and welcome  
> Google into the business.  I have always wondered why Google (whose  
> market cap = $179B compared to total US cable industry = $95B)  
> whined incessantly about the domestic BB providers when it could  
> well have entered the market itself.  It certainly has the financial  
> strength to do so, and has for quite some time.  Its entry (which  
> this announcement perhaps heralds) is long overdue, in my book.  But  
> this is merely a blog announcement, and talk is cheap.  Let's be  
> cautious about how much we read into this.
>
> But let's be serious; Google has never run a carrier-grade local  
> networking business (besides its trivial Mountainside, CA WiFi  
> network) and has zero experience in networking.  Networking is a  
> very different business from anything Google has done before, and my  
> guess is that unless they are in for the long haul, they will get  
> their head handed to them...by customers who are unwilling to  
> tolerate poorly performing networks.  They have also shown  
> themselves cack-handed at dealing with the politics of local  
> distribution.  Remember the Google/Earthlink San Francisco Free WiFi  
> network proposal?
>
> Google, I certainly encourage you to get into this business.  But  
> this ain't no search engine biz; running carrier-grade networks for  
> commercial and residential customers is tough and demanding and  
> presents challenges you have never encountered before.  I hope you  
> are up to it.
>
> Professor Emeritus Gerald Faulhaber
> Wharton School and Law School,  University of Pennsylvania
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Farber
> To: ip
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:25 PM
> Subject: [IP] WSJ TECHNOLOGY ALERT: Google Plans to Build Ultra High- 
> Speed Broadband Networks
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> > From: "charles.brownstein" <charles.brownstein () verizon net>
> > Date: February 10, 2010 1:18:05 PM EST
> > To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> > Subject: Fwd: WSJ TECHNOLOGY ALERT: Google Plans to Build Ultra  
> > High-Speed      Broadband Networks
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> > > >
> > >
> > > > __________________________________
> > >
> > > > Technology Alert
> > >
> > > > from The Wall Street Journal
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Google plans to build and test broadband networks that could  
> > > > deliver speeds more than 100 times faster than what most  
> > > > Americans use. The plan, announced on a company blog, could  
> > > > expand Google's position on the Internet by answering consumer  
> > > > demands for ever-faster connections.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > http://online.wsj.com/?mod=djemalertTECH
> > >
> > > >
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