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12:33 12th February 2010
Web giant Google has unveiled plans to build 1Gbps ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the US, reaching between 50,000 and 500,000 people.
"Our goal is to experiment with new ways to help make internet access better and faster for everyone," wrote Google product managers Minnie Ingersoll and James Kelly in a blog post.
The company said its experimental networks, which will offer broadband connectivity at speeds 100 times faster than current US broadband connections, will be run under "open access" principals, allowing users to have a choice of service provider.
It added that the networks will be managed in an open, transparent and non-discriminatory way.
In other news, the US government has turned down Google's revised plan to create a massive digital library because it posed potential copyright and antitrust concerns.
"The amended settlement agreement still confers significant and possibly anti-competitive advantages on Google as a single entity," said the Department of Justice.
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