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Google doesn't actually own the underwater cables though. So isn't the analogy more like sending things through a LAN in a building that you're renting?
by zachrose 13y ago
Google doesn't actually own the underwater cables though. So isn't the analogy more like sending things through a LAN in a building that you're renting?
- DannyBee 13y agohttp://gigaom.com/2008/02/25/googlenet-update-google-buys-a-piece-of-transpacific-cable/ http://gigaom.com/2008/02/25/googlenet-update-google-buys-a-...
- dsl 13y agoFrom the link: > Google is buying a piece of a new transpacific fiber optic cable Only a half dozen or so companies actually own undersea fiber. It requires a huge amount of effort to lay and maintain including hundred million dollar cable ships. Everyone (even Google) leases, or in this case buys, capacity on shared cables.
- generj 13y agoGoogle has the cash to lay their own now though. Or just buy a company which does. I wouldn't be surprised if they do so in the future.
- crucifiction 13y agoWhat is the point? If they can tap the cables it seems like owning your own just causes a false sense of security.
- generj 13y agoIt provides better legal grounds to sue.