Google Exec: Incumbent Telcos Welcome On Our Gigabit Network

Incumbent communications companies are welcome to set up shop on Google's experimental super-high speed Internet service once it's up and running, one of the company's executives said Wednesday during a discussion about rolling out fiber networks. "We definitely inviting the Comcasts, the AT&T service providers to work with us on our network, and to provide their service offering on top of our pipe - we're definitely planning on doing that," said Minnie Ingersoll, Google's product manager and co-lead for alternative access. "Our general attitude has been that there's plenty of room for innovation right now in the broadband space, and it's great what the cable companies are doing, upgrading to DOCSIS 3.0, but no one company has a monopoly on innovation."