Post by: weldiger on January 21, 2007, 07:49:27 AM
Post by: RNKIII on January 21, 2007, 02:34:05 PM
...Hope it helps the area.
Bob K. rnkiii
Post by: sandbox on January 21, 2007, 03:26:24 PM
Funnin aside I'm glad that the area is going to get a boost, and I hope they build a strong weather-proof facility.
Post by: Gregg on January 21, 2007, 05:04:58 PM
Post by: krissel on January 22, 2007, 02:42:58 AM
http://www.valleywag.com/tech/google/whats...city-180672.php
Post by: Gregg on January 22, 2007, 07:32:13 AM
...man
Post by: tacit on January 23, 2007, 01:06:55 PM
There's a great deal of speculation that Google is doing this because Google believes that the demand for high-speed, high-broadband Internet traffic is poised to shoot through the roof, and by building these huge, high-capacity data centers all over the country, Google will be in a position to provide that broadband connectivity to small and medium-sized ISPs when placess like BellSouth can not.
Google seems to believe that Verizon, BellSouth, and the other "traditional" broadband providers have seriously, drastically underestimated the demand for broadband over the next few years. Right now, small and medium ISPs buy their broadband from such places, then resell it; Google believes that these places have so dramatically underestimated how much broadband people are going to use that they are about to get a very serious shock, and that Google will be able to step in to fill the need when BellSouth and so forth founder.
Post by: sandbox on January 23, 2007, 02:50:39 PM
QUOTE
“Third, we recognize that the nationwide deployment of high speed, always-on broadband and Internet and mobile communications will fuel the development of millions of new jobs IN the United States. Our agenda guarantees that every American will have affordable access to broadband within five years. Universal broadband will propel advanced Internet applications, such as distance learning, health IT, video-on-demand, and Voice over IP. Universal broadband – whether it’s delivered by Wi-Fi or WiMAX, or hard line -- will put all Americans, no matter where they live, no more than a keystroke or a mouse click away from the jobs and opportunity that broadband both creates and supports. As one young technology leader told us in our meeting – ‘If you think you’ve seen what broadband can do, you ain’t seen nothing yet.’
Nancy Pelosi 1/19/2007
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases...innovation.html