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[ NNSquad ] Google to expand Google Fiber to Olathe, Kansas
Google to expand Google Fiber to Olathe, Kansas
http://j.mp/Y2fd3S (Wired)
"Google Fiber began as a shaming exercise. The company would build an
ultra-high-speed fiber internet network in one lucky city, and the
rest of the country's providers would be forced to follow suit. But
it turned out that the country's ISPs are shameless. Last month, Time
Warner Cable Chief Financial Officer Irene Esteves claimed -
apparently with a straight face - that customers didn't really want
gigabit-speed internet connections. "We're in the business of
delivering what consumers want, and to stay a little ahead of what we
think they will want. We just don't see the need of delivering that to
consumers," she said at a conference in San Francisco."
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This is typical of the dominant ISPs/telcos/cable cos. AT&T didn't
think anyone needed the Internet, either. When they were presented
with early ARPANET proposals way back when, they literally laughed
themselves silly.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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