It is what it is....  Thursday, February 11, 2010  Google Net -
All things considered, a cheap means to an end  So they're
taking it one step further than I thought and are taking the
fiber all the way to the home.  -Makes sense as they'll have
zero dependence on any CLEC, RBOC, MSO or local transport layer.
They'll own the traffic from the starting point to the end.
-This gives incredible scale and opens tons of opportunity to
exploit mindshare to drive more revenue.  -Google building this
network is kinda like the equivalent of the inverse of the
Comcast purchase of NBC. Instead of NBC paying Comcast fees to
carry it's traffic, NBC now has a free ride to the TV sets of
Comcast subscribers. Similarly with GNet, Google now has a free
ride to GNet users/subscribers/testers and bypasses paying
transit and transport fees to telcos, etc.  The big question is
how does this fit into their network neutrality stance. Will
google let other transit providers (aka ISPs) ride this last
mile to the house?  Why should the