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Michael considered fate at 19:53   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

Someone asks "What if Google wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America?"

For the past year, it has quietly been shopping for miles and miles of "dark," or unused, fiber-optic cable across the country from wholesalers such as New York’s AboveNet. It's also acquiring superfast connections from Cogent Communications and WilTel, among others, between East Coast cities including Atlanta, Miami, and New York...

...By cutting out middlemen like AboveNet, Google could share traffic directly with ISPs to avoid fees...

...So once the GoogleNet is built, how would consumers connect for free access? One of the cheapest ways would be for Google to blanket major cities with Wi-Fi, and evidence gathered by Business 2.0 suggests that the company may be trying to do just that. In April it launched a Google-sponsored Wi-Fi hotspot in San Francisco’s Union Square shopping district, built by a local startup called Feeva...

...Google's interest in Feeva likely stems from the startup's proprietary technology, which can determine the location of every Wi-Fi user and would allow Google to serve up advertising and maps based on real-time data.

and I say sure, what if Google is going for a national wi-fi network in a bid to takeover the world? Well.. if they are, and I was them, I might.. I dunno.. buy Android?

the search giant quietly bought the wireless start-up in July for an undisclosed sum...

...Android reportedly makes software, or operating systems, for wireless devices that are location-sensitive or personalized for the owner.