UPDATED 15:06 EDT / MARCH 22 2013

Google Giving You Your Daily Dose of Fiber – Breaking Analysis

If there’s one thing I learned from watching Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, it’s that Americans aren’t getting enough fiber.

That is to say, fiber optics.

You see, I am in the minority when it comes to American citizens.  My house has fiber optics, so when I want to watch my favorite episodes of Dirty Jobs, all I have to do is pull up my browser and I have access to the whole library in high-definition.  Thanks to the high-speed fiber optics connection coming to my house, I am able to cut the cable cord, and boy is it nice.  But again, for most Americans, this is not possible. 

At least not until Google Fiber arrives.

Google Fiber, as we reported earlier this week, has just begun expanding from its central hub in Kansas City to the neighboring city of Olathe.  Now, they’ve set their eyes on even more areas, and showing no sign of stopping.

The only issue is, why aren’t they moving any faster?

Sure, some lucky people in Olathe are using lightning fast internet already, but using products like Skype is useless on fiber if the person they’re talking to lives in Westwood Hills a few miles away and has a poor connection.   And needless to say, people have been drooling over the product since it was a twinkle in Google’s collective and monolithic eye.

Seriously, for the sake of Mike Rowe, Google – I need you to start laying down fiber across the country.  You made $50 billion last year, and are growing by the day, surely you can afford to lay down some fiber so Mike can record an episode of the dirty aspects of telecommunications infrastructure. 

Wouldn’t that be fascinating?  We could even download the whole season in HD in 5 minutes! So seriously, what’s the friggin’ holdup?

Can’t finance the cable? – The government pays for that already.

Afraid of users not buying the product? – Don’t be.  Google’s name recognition and paragon reputation makes Verizon look like Pol Pot.

Sure, I get it.  There’s no question Google wants to do it right, but there’s no issue that can’t be resolved, and the return on investment is mind-bogglingly amazing in telecom.  By all rights, the act of not acting is probably the worst act Google can make.

Whatever happens (or should I say whenever it happens), you can expect to hear about it here first on SiliconANGLE.

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