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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
So Much for Socialism, Good Old Capitalism At Work In It's Finest Sense
"Within hours of Google announcing that Austin, Texas would be the
next lucky recipient of its Google Fiber initiative, AT&T released a
statement indicating that it was willing to build a high-speed
broadband network in the city, too. 'AT&T announced that in
conjunction with its previously announced Project VIP expansion of
broadband access, it is prepared to build an advanced fiber optic
infrastructure in Austin, Texas, capable of delivering speeds up to 1
gigabit per second,' read the statement.
But there's a not-so-slight catch: AT&T wants whatever conditions
Google received from the city of Austin. Google itself has provided
precious little guidance about its future plans. 'We are still in the
very early stages of it,' Google CEO Larry Page told media and analysts
during the company's Jan. 22 earnings call, according to a transcript.
'Obviously, we are going to a small number of people and so, but we are
excited about the possibilities.' But if Google Fiber keeps expanding, it could compel AT&T and other infrastructure providers to boost their broadband service
and offer it on more reasonable terms — nothing like some competition
to make things a little better for the collective customer base. In that
sense, even if Google Fiber doesn't expand into a national program (and
imagine the costs of that), its existence will still do some larger
good." Hey we might be moving to Austin.
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