Cisco & Google: Enemies Now & Forever

Cisco, it seems, is trying to counter the unease caused by Google's recent announcement that it will build Google Fiber, a fiber-based network that would connect homes at speeds of 1 Gbps.

That's despite the fact that Google executives dismiss the idea that the company would become a service provider, and characterize their proposed network as an experiment. Regardless, the carriers are scared. Just like they were scared when Google said that it would start investing in wireless broadband by participating in wireless spectrum auctions. Earlier today we held our most recent Bunker Series Event where we discussed the broadband buildout, and I was pretty explicit in making the point that Google Fiber is a good thing, because incumbent carriers have been dragging their feet for too long.