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		transition on Jan 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Los... Would be interesting to see if companies like Google, who have a significant stake in a "free and open internet", could establish operations in Canada. Google wants users online as much as possible so they can continue to serve ads. It's too bad all that dark fiber they own doesn't extend into Canada.

mthoms on Jan 30, 2011 | [–]

Canadian telecom providers must (by law) be majority Canadian owned. So sadly no, Google could not do this.

GrooveStomp on Jan 30, 2011 | [–]

Google has three offices in Canada: http://www.google.com/corporate/address.html

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