Google: Strong Net Neutrality Rules Won’t Hurt the Future Rollout of Google Fiber
That’s a long way of saying Google is taking the opposite stance of many in the broadband industry, such as Comcast, Verizon and others, who argue that aggressive rules would slow the industry’s investments in better Internet infrastructure — and by extension, their ability to offer better service to you and me.
Asked whether the growing prospect of aggressive federal net neutrality rules has done anything to shift Google Fiber’s investment plans — either in the short term or long term — the company told me, basically, no.
“The sort of open Internet rules that the [Federal Communications Commission] is currently discussing aren’t an impediment to those plans,” Google said in a statement, “and they didn’t impact our decision to invest in Fiber.”
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