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Google Plans Ultrafast Internet Broadband

The search giant say it'll build experimental 1-gigabit-per-second broadband networks in a small number of test locations.

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
February 10, 2010 12:13 PM

Google on Wednesday said that it plans to build a series of experimental high-speed networks that will provide broadband connectivity at speeds 100 times beyond typical U.S. broadband connections.
Under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed into law in February 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was directed to create a National Broadband Plan to promote better online communication and scientific, economic, and cultural development.