Google Building Their Own Internet?

Sarah Perez on February 6th, 2006

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According to this article at the Times of London, there are some major speculations going on about the plans Google has for the dark fiber they have been buying up. And besides the dark fiber purchases, it has been reported that Google has also bought shipping containers, and they put data centers inside of them. It sounds like they have some big plans for something, but what? These new speculations boil down to something like this: Google is building a second internet.

One internet is just not enough, I guess. Besides, Google needs something to run all those Google Cubes on, right? And with ISPs like SBC seriously proposing toll charges for moving data across their pipes, the Googlenet’s time has come. So, here’s my suggestion for the Googlenet: make it free. Make your money off of your advertising, but keep your internet free.

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