Interesting 2007 Cringley article predicting something like this, except more focused on providing the backbone. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_

Interesting 2007 Cringley article predicting something like this, except more focused on providing the backbone. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070119_001510.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070119_0015... He also claims Google "controls more network fiber than any other organization."