Google Wireless Internet and Fiber Network: I for one welcome our new Internet overlords

And now Google does... well... everything.

http://wifi.google.com/faq.html

Where can I go to download Google Secure Access?

The program can currently be downloaded at certain Google WiFi locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

via Slashdot Google WiFi + VPN Confirmed /.

VPN = Virtual Private Network, the "Secure Access" part of what they are providing.

UPDATE: For an interesting overview of Google's planetary domination, see College life, powered by Google.

Also reported today:

Google Plans National Optical Fiber Network

Google is reviewing bids from tech vendors to build a nationwide optical DWDM network, which means that the cash-flush web giant could soon have a communications network that few can rival. The vendors who have seen Google’s fiber network RFP say that the nature of the network can really only mean that Google ultimately hopes to push massive amounts of voice, video and data close to the end user. The perennial problem is that close is not enough — to reach the end user, Google has to have access to the last mile.

via IP Democracy via CAnet - news

(PS The reference in the title is to a Simpsons quote.  You can amuse yourself with a Google search on "i for one welcome our new * overlords".)