In a follow up to this morning’s post;
Google outlines proposal for “Wi-Fi on steroids”
“Google on Monday said it has a plan to have American consumers from Manhattan to rural North Dakota surfing the Web on handheld gadgets at gigabits-per-second speeds by the 2009 holiday season.”
Hoo-Ha! Yeah! Gigabits per second! That would sure tick somebody off…
I find it funny how it seems that Google usually makes two or three announcements within the same news piece. Here’s an example (from the same NewsBlog post);

Do you ever have the feeling that every country outside the USA gets ignored in debates like these?
So, there’s a White Space debate that has been going on for a short time…
“Technology companies are putting pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to open up unused wireless spectrum between TV channels for use with unlicensed devices, but the TV broadcasters say there are still too many interference issues.
Most broadcast channels are separated by small swaths of spectrum, or unused channels called white space, which limit interference from other stations. Technology companies and consumer advocates believe the use of this unlicensed spectrum …read more

Andy Davidson calls it – “I don’t want an internet dominated only by companies with deep pockets.”
I might like to change that personally to “I don’t want an internet dominated only by monopolistic Telcoms.”
Healthy competition Scott – healthy competition. I know the research has been done, I’ve read yours, I don’t have another. I’ll find others but reality is that the “competition” people like Scott Cleland speak of is actually managed and controlled by the larger Telcoms therefore they aren’t true, healthy competition.
More Thoughts;

I can just feel the bristling of the hairs on the back of Ed Whitacre’s neck!
Opening with what I personally consider a very interesting comment on the availability of the Internet “It strikes us as unfair that some people should enjoy such abundant access to this rich resource while billions of others aren’t so lucky” the Official Google Blog states, in their article “Our commitment to open broadband platforms”
So today, we’re putting consumers’ interests first, and putting our money where our principles are — to the tune of $4.6 billion. Let me explain.
In the U.S., wireless spectrum for mobile phones …read more