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Blame Your Lousy Internet on Poles
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI honestly want to know how much Backchannel was paid[1] by Google to write this article. It paints Google as a "volunteer" to deploying a new network, rather than... a competitor trying to skirt the law to get a competitive advantage. The article chooses to be specific when shaming AT&T or Comcast, and praising Google, but vague when talking about the actual issues with what Google was trying to do. [1]Given the amount of inside access to Google that Backchannel is regularly given for exclusive access to senior people at various Google departments, I imagine this is less of a "actual cash paid" transaction, and more of a "this for that" arrangement, and probably not official enough to be written on paper anywhere.