Om continues his remarkable reporting on the local broadband front. First, he raves about the introduction of the EVDO protocol by Verizon in San Francisco (see here too). EVDO is a wireless radio broadband data protocol, and is important because it allows for significantly faster downloading speeds than existing networks.

Also interesting is Om's continued coverage of Google's moves to rollout a communications network. His NPR interview, here (download's audio file), is worth listening too -- he says Google has secretly been buying up miles of dark fiber, and calls the Google guys "the sharpest knives in the drawer....anybody could have thought of this, but not many people did." Meanwhile, here's another piece, by Business Week, that tries to join all the dots linking Google's strategy, explaining the possible significance of various acquisitions and partnerships lately, including Feeva, Current and Android.

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