Competition works. With Google considering building a gigabit network in San Antonio, Texas, AT&T now also says it is thinking about expanding U-Verse "GigaPower" service for San Antonio.
We should not be surprised. That pattern of Internet service providers investing either to capture a lead, or more commonly, to stay competitive, has tended to be the pattern in the competition between cable companies and telephone companie since the advent of high speed access.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Will Google Fiber and AT&T Both Build Gigabit Networks in San Antonio?
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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