Google building Natoinal Broadband network
PaidContent reports:
Google Reviewing Bids for National Broadband Network(reg. req.): Google, which is looking to build a national Wi-Fi/broadband network (Om reported about it here first), is reviewing bids received from multiple technology vendors for the development of a national DWDM fiber network, an optical switching fabric that would cover the entire continental U.S., and ultimately the globe. Says this story, according to vendors who responded to Google's request for proposals for the optical network, Google's architectural demands suggest the company is looking to become a major competitive communications network provider.The move by Google comes on the heels of the company''s widely reported purchase of dark fiber and hiring of an optical fiber expert to head up initiatives by the company to construct fiber-based networks.
(I wish PaidContent would fix their anchor links so I didn't have to excerpt at length!)
