[GRLUG] NOT LINUX - Google fiber

[Ben DeMott]

>
> and so can only be trusted to pursue it's own best
> interests. (Public corporations are *supposed* to to be different ...)
>

The irony of that is the exact opposite seems to be the case usually, I
guess that's a lesson in human nature.

The united states is absolutely and profoundly ridiculous when it comes to
the use of networking infrastructure it is true.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Jonathan Jesse <jjesse at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a facebook group or fan page for bringing this to Grand Rapids
> already
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Raymond McLaughlin <
> driveray at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>> john-thomas richards wrote:
>> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 01:06:49AM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
>> >>
>> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/10-Reasons-Why-a-Google-Fiber-Network-Could-Reshape-the-ISP-Landscape-732801/
>> >>
>> >> A good set of points showing why Google's fiber effort could be a good
>> >> thing.  As it is, Comcast and others simply want to milk the existing
>> >> system - bandwidth tiers, monthly byte limits - all within the same,
>> >> tired system.  i.e., there is is no real competition at this point.
>> >>
>> >>   -- Bob
>> >
>> > I don't know that I'd trust Google.  They're an advertising company.
>> > They can already tell what I had for breakfast based on the web sites I
>> > visit in the morning.  That's scary.  If they have access to my entire
>> > stream....yikes.
>>
>> True enough, but *any* private corporation is, by definition, a self
>> interested entity, and so can only be trusted to pursue it's own best
>> interests. (Public corporations are *supposed* to to be different ...)
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