When you hear about dark fiber, it's all about HDTV.

When you hear about DVD disk formats, it's all about HDTV.

When you hear about video game consoles, it's all about HDTV.

When you hear about video advertising schemes, it's all about HDTV.

When you hear about Network Neutrality (or lack thereof), it's all about HDTV.

Let's go over this again. Why is Google (and others) buying up dark fiber? It's not to distribute more email to you. That won't increase the load on the Internet. It's ALL about HDTV. Well, OK, those server indexes are pretty big, Don Dodge is right, but really, they will be dwarfed by HD files. I am getting a Panasonic HD camcorder. The files it records will be gigs per hour. Gigs!

I want to get them to you.

How will that happen?