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Google has announced plans to get into the broadband bidness in a small way:

“We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.”

Google will accept applications from communities until March 26, then make their choice. Sounds great, but with a caveat that, over and over, we’re putting all our eggs in Google’s basket.