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Whatâ??s Google Doing With All That Dark Fiber?

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Old 18-03-2008, 01:34
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Default Whatâ??s Google Doing With All That Dark Fiber?

Starting a few years ago, Google began buying thousands of miles of so-called “dark fiber”--fiberoptic communications wiring that was installed in the ground but going unused. The fiber was historically cheap thanks to a fiberoptic building boom that had gone bust, allowing the Mountain View search giant to acquire large amounts of it for pennies on the dollar.

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