Comment by zachrose
12 years 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?
12 years 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?
http://gigaom.com/2008/02/25/googlenet-update-google-buys-a-...
From 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.
Google 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.
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