Tech Firms Push To Control Web’s Pipes

  Technology giants like Google and Facebook are expanding efforts to control more of the world’s Internet backbone, raising tensions with telecom companies over who runs the Web. In...

 

techfirmspuchtocontrolwebspipesTechnology giants like Google and Facebook are expanding efforts to control more of the world’s Internet backbone, raising tensions with telecom companies over who runs the Web.

In the past year, these companies that supply much of the world’s online content have ramped up their investment in Internet infrastructure.

Now these tech firms are pushing for a pieces of the pie…in terms of internet infrastructure that is.