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Owning your net access, owning the DNS, routing through their backbone. These guys have all your bases covered.

How do you form an underground internet that bypasses the big players?

While I understand some of the concerns about privacy with Google, one thing I like about Google is that instead of shouldering competition through backdoor deals (like MS did with OLPC), they go out of their way with superior products and services.

They are late comers in search, gmail and Browser, but their success has been smashing thanks to superior products. You have to give them that.

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http://www.gardeners-world.net/prod_show.asp?id=853

Alternatively, look into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet

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