Re: Google to offer fiber to end users

[Ronald Cotoni <setient () gmail com>]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu> wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Matt Simmons wrote:
>
> > I'm really interested in their distribution ideas, as well as the
> > bottleneck from the Google network to the rest of the internet.
> >
> > Ah, who am I kidding, it's not like anyone cares about the rest of the
> > internet, right?
>
> The WSJ says:  "In an interview, Google product manager Minnie Ingersoll said consumers
> will be able to buy service directly from Google or from other
> providers, whom Google will allow to resell the service. She said
> Google will manage the deployment of the network but probably partner
> with contractors to help build it."
>
>                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
I honestly wonder if they will use ipv4 or ipv6 for their rollout...
Could be interesting to watch!