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Is spending this much money — even for Google, which has about $25 billion in cash — a good idea? I think so. Just as car companies spend their R&D dollars on Formula One Racing teams to get a better idea of what new features could be included in their commercial vehicles, a company such as Google needs to explore the outer limits of broadband.
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-Om Malik on Google’s plan to build fiber to the home
There are so many interesting things tabout Google’s plans to build real network infrastructure to the home. But I think all of my thoughts and feelings are best said in the quote by Om above. Google needs to continue to push the boundaries of big things if they want to continue to grow and the best way to do that is to spend some money and learn from it.
