Monday, August 29, 2005
GoogleNet - Free WiFi In The US?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 07:00 AM
http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,1093558,00.html
"What if Google wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a user’s precise location? The gatekeeper of the world’s information could become one of the globe’s biggest Internet providers and one of its most powerful ad sellers, basically supplanting telecoms in one fell swoop. Sounds crazy, but how might Google go about it? "
According to the article, Google has been quitely gobbling up so-called dark, or unused, fiber, and they have already been involved in helping set up some WiFi hotspots. Could Google blanket the US with WiFi?
"What if Google wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a user’s precise location? The gatekeeper of the world’s information could become one of the globe’s biggest Internet providers and one of its most powerful ad sellers, basically supplanting telecoms in one fell swoop. Sounds crazy, but how might Google go about it? "
According to the article, Google has been quitely gobbling up so-called dark, or unused, fiber, and they have already been involved in helping set up some WiFi hotspots. Could Google blanket the US with WiFi?
