Google Now Moving to Become Internet Service Provider – Why?
<< by Paige Payne on February 10th, 2010
Let’s recall some of Google’s most recent business ventures besides being the world’s biggest online search engine:
- Mobile software developer (Android operating system)
- Mobile phone manufacturer (the Nexus 1)
- Web browser developer (Chromium)
- Computer operating system developer and hardware provider (coming soon- Chrome OS)
- Social Media platform developer (Google Buzz)
And as of today, according to The Washington Post, “the company said Wednesday it is getting into the broadband service business with trials for fiber networks that will deliver Internet access speeds that are 100 times faster than what most Americans are getting today.”
Coincidentally, this announcement came one day after Eric Schmidt published an article listing the five ways in which we the United States needs to work in order to erase our innovation deficit.
