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Google fiber is fast, but is it fair?

http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-fuels-internet-access-plus-debate-1408731700

Google has searched for ways to provide faster Internet service and, in the process, it is changing how next-generation broadband is rolled out.

Telecom and cable companies generally have been required to blanket entire cities, offering connections to every home. By contrast, Google is building high-speed services as it finds demand, laying new fiber neighborhood by neighborhood, called ‘fiberhoods’.