>For example, currently, google can't really see what you're unloading to dropbox or iCloud or emails you receive (outside of Gmail.) But if they're the ISP, they can start to target advertising based on the documents you upload or files you upload.
Note that the privacy policy says they don't (http://fiber.google.com/legal/privacy.html), that you have laws that protect you (like the Cable Communications Policy Act -- though not enough), and that both dropbox and icloud traffic (and hopefully messages from your email server) are sent over encrypted connections anyway.
I agree with you that internet connectivity should be considered a public utility by now, but your post has almost nothing to do with google and everything to do with connecting to the internet through any third party.
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>For example, currently, google can't really see what you're unloading to dropbox or iCloud or emails you receive (outside of Gmail.) But if they're the ISP, they can start to target advertising based on the documents you upload or files you upload.
Note that the privacy policy says they don't (http://fiber.google.com/legal/privacy.html), that you have laws that protect you (like the Cable Communications Policy Act -- though not enough), and that both dropbox and icloud traffic (and hopefully messages from your email server) are sent over encrypted connections anyway.
I agree with you that internet connectivity should be considered a public utility by now, but your post has almost nothing to do with google and everything to do with connecting to the internet through any third party.