Google’s slightly another approach is bringing another fruits: after months of beta testing and anticipation, the Internet giant plans to open up its free, wireless Internet network to Mountain View’s 72,000 residents. The network covers about 90 percent of the city’s 12 square miles and offers maximum data-transfer speeds of up to 1 megabit per second — slightly slower than DSL. You can say that’s nothing so special, because the prices of broadband in the USA are already at very affordable level, but still, Google does this for free. To build the network, Google mounted 380 transceivers, made by Sunnyvale-based Tropos Networks, on light poles throughout the city. The devices will allow residents within 500 feet to connect wirelessly to the Internet. The real purpose of this action is still quite unclear, Google didn’t release any press release, so we can only wait for some other step. On the other hand, the more people on the internet, the more users for Google, as it’s still no. 1 search engine with a huge advance before other competitors…
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