Google Power
Current Communications has its own personal page over at Google. Might this be a sign for the next big step?
http://www.google.com/ig/current
From the Current website :
CURRENT Broadband®, the service that uses your existing power outlets to deliver high speed Internet access the way you need it - fast, affordable and convenient. CURRENT Broadband is changing the way we work and play, with simple, reliable service.
So. If Google is looking for another great way to give people access to the internet, surely using the existing power network seems a very good way to do that. This has been around the block before, somewhere in July, where Google stated after its investment in Current :
“As part of our corporate mission, we are interested in promoting universal access to the internet for users. We support and partner with a variety of solutions for internet access.”
More on [LightReading] from this article on July 8th.
via the comments of the [Google Blogoscoped] article regarding the Google flavored new Dell laptop.
There’s also a branded Dell page :
That’s interesting! Google is partnering to run the home pages of ISPs. Very portal-like, but not a bad idea.
Comment by Greg Linden | January 7, 2006
Another Co-Branded Google Page Pops Up, as Media Sleeps
I smell a trend here. Earlier today, I blogged about the Dell-Google co-branded homepage. Now Nathan has spotted another co-branded page for CURRENT Broadband, a power-line ISP. Clearly Google is striking deals with Internet access providers and OEMs. …
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Page d’accueil personnalisée Google pour Current Communications
Google avait investi dans la technologie du courant porteur en ligne (CPL) en juillet 2005 avec la société Current Communications.
InsideGoogle nous apprend aujourd’hui que tout comme Dell, Current Communications a aussi développé une page
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