Google Now Owns the Internets
Penguin January 22nd, 2007
Google controls more network fiber than any other organization. This is not to say that Google OWNS all that fiber, just that they control it through agreements with network operators. I find two very interesting aspects to this story: 1) that Google has acquired — or even needs to acquire — so much bandwidth, and; 2) that they don’t own it, since probably the cheapest way to pick up that volume of fiber would be to simply buy out any number of backbone providers like Level 3 Communications.
Needless to say, this is all kind of scary. As much as I use and love Google products, the more I fear that they will become that evil corporate giant that they don’t want to be.
Please be gentle, Google.
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