Comments on: Under the Sea, Google Expands Even More http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/under-the-sea-google-expands-even-more/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Demand for Bandwidth Leads to Fiber Boom http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/under-the-sea-google-expands-even-more/#comment-144884 Tue, 05 May 2009 13:58:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-144884 [...] construction will cost $2.6 billion compared to $13.5 billion spent on systems back in 2001. The buildout in undersea optical cables should be viewed as a good thing, especially if Om is correct when he points out that network [...]

]]> By: Jim A http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/under-the-sea-google-expands-even-more/#comment-144883 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:19:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-144883 Just another indicator that Google is positioning itself to be a replacement for the Best Effort Internet (Worldwide) delivering Fiber fed Premium based high Bandwidth, Low Latency,tightly managed and secure source of Content/applications. Their Data (COntent) Centers will not only have direct fiber feeds into Local Service providers who own the Last Mile but will be interconnected worldwide by a Fiber Ring.
Local Service Providers will be postioning these links as Premium (high fee) based links for thos willing to pay for the quality/reliability and allow all others to be routed as they are today over the standard Tier#1 Internet networks.

Jim A

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