Google did a very nice thing by setting up a wireless umbrella over its hometwon in Silicon Valley, but lets face it, there aren’t too many people in Silicon valley hurting for an internet connection.

This is more PR than it is charitable good works.

Google gets some good press, and they probably benefit on the employee morale survey as their people will be able to access the internet easier when they are out of the office.  Plus, visitors to Google will get to experience Google’s generosity before they walk into a meeting.

Its not going to help people that are fighting with their cable provider or DSL provider over bad service.  Its not going to help small towns get access to the internet and its not really going to help the internet challenged.

Now if Google would like to spread some of that goodwill around the country, outside of California even that would be more interesting, but as it stands its kind of like the US Congress passing a law allowing free parking for all government officials in the Nations capital.

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