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Posted by Zonk on Saturday July 01, 2006 @05:43AM from the makes-mostly-sense dept.

WindozeSux writes to mention a Wired article explaining why Google bought all that dark fiber, the event that spurred rumors they were planning an ISP. From the article: "When asked by Wired News whether Google was buying up dark fiber, a company spokesman replied that 'Google has and will continue to invest in the equipment our company needs to give our users around the world the best and fastest search results.' Rumors of Google as an ISP were also fueled by the company being granted a large block of new IPv6 addresses last year." They plan to restrict their role as an ISP to the Mountain View and San Francisco areas.

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Re:restrict? no... (Score:5, Funny)

by Konster ( 252488 ) writes: on Saturday July 01, 2006 @05:54AM (#15642006)

As long as Google stays in Beta, I'd guess it'll be in a limited area for a decade or two. :P

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I see how it is... (Score:5, Funny)

by Scott Swezey ( 678347 ) writes: on Saturday July 01, 2006 @06:11AM (#15642027) Homepage

So first they rename mountain view to "Google Land," then Google Land continues to grow untill it covers the entire planet and we all have Google Internet.

Well, with a better name, I hope.

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Re:I see how it is... (Score:3, Funny)

by Ohreally_factor ( 593551 ) writes: on Saturday July 01, 2006 @06:27AM (#15642053) Journal

Google Land has a better ring to it than does Mountain View 2.0 Beta.

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Saturday July 01, 2006 @08:18AM (#15642209)

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Re:I see how it is... (Score:3, Funny)

by hcob$ ( 766699 ) writes: on Saturday July 01, 2006 @09:35AM (#15642344)

So first they rename mountain view to "Google Land," then Google Land continues to grow untill it covers the entire planet and we all have Google Internet.

Well, with a better name, I hope.

Of course..

wired: GNet
wifi: GSpot

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Re:I see how it is... (Score:4, Funny)

by fabu10u$ ( 839423 ) writes: on Saturday July 01, 2006 @10:49AM (#15642479)

Then we'll be living on Google Earth, right? [ducks]

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