Google Seeks to
Develop Parallel Internet?
from the they-came-from-above-we-had-no-chance dept.
KhanReaper writes "As reported on
On the Media and
Business 2.0, Google appears to be purchasing dark (unused) fiber optic
cable across the United States with the intention of building its own
alternative parallel internet that would presumably be called GoogleNet.
Possessing such a thing could allow Google to offer internet access in the form
of free wifi or other means and create a powerful captive marketing audience
which Google could monopolize. Outside of these marketing opportunities, such a
development in infrastructure could help reduce Google's long-term content
delivery costs were it to take on more bandwidth-intensive activities in the
future."