<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/google-bestows-1gbps-fiber-network-on-kansas-city-kansas.ars">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/google-bestows-1gbps-fiber-network-on-kansas-city-kansas.ars</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>This gives a good summary about </div><div>why Google is doing this. It thinks </div><div>it needs higher speeds to support</div><div>future projects. And it clearly sees</div><div>that the existing big providers are </div>
<div>digging in, not providing higher speeds,</div><div>and not above not letting others do</div><div>it either.</div><div><br></div><div>It will be interesting to see how this</div><div>plays out. Chattanooga, TN, already</div>
<div>has a 1Gbps system. </div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div></span>
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