Via Om…
The vendors who have seen Google’s fiber network RFP say that the nature of the network can really only mean that Google ultimately hopes to push massive amounts of voice, video and data close to the end user.
The idea of Google creating their own network to do as they please – whether VOIP, broadband content or even IPTV must scare the pants of the Yahoo and MS. Sure they would probably play it down, and while Google is new in the are of controlling the pipes they are more than simply a force to be reckoned with.
I believe this is part of the build out to support GoogleOS which will be a centralized operating system that you can access your emails, photos, music, documents, etc all from the massive Google infrastructure from any computing device in the world as long as it has a web browser…. This is what Microsoft and many of the hardware vendors fear the most… as it will significantly impact their bottom line.