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Google 'set to enter high-speed broadband market'
Thursday 11th February 2010, by Daniel King
Google has given a fresh sign it is ready to enter the high-speed broadband internet market by promising to build its own fibre-optic system.
The trial would provide approximately 500,000 Americans with super-fast broadband and, if successful, could lead to Google rolling out the service in other parts of the States and the world.
It is, for now at least, stating that the project is simply a chance "to experiment and learn".
The significant cost involved with setting up a fibre-optic has until now prevented the search engine firm carrying out such an experiment, but it has now acknowledged that some of its future applications could rely on the fastest-possible broadband.
Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, said: "This significant trial will provide an American testbed for the next generation of innovative, high-speed internet apps, devices and services."
Google intends to use the super-fast broadband it creates to test new projects and investigate the viability of exclusive applications.
Examples of the work it may carry out via the new connection include creating the ability to download a film in under five minutes and offering a service which allows users to watch live videos in 3D.
Google is no stranger to innovative internet projects.
It built a Wi-Fi network in Mountain View, California to test the potential for city-wide connections and outbid a number of broadband providers in order to force them to weaken the restrictions they imposed.
In November, Google made a series of changes to its website designed to improve the service it provides broadband users, which focused on blending video, web and image results.
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