It was an April Fool’s Day joke so great, you had to read through it twice. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) cut loose with another annual yesterday. Visitors to the Google home page were pitched the promise of “FREE breakthrough broadband with Google TiSP (BETA).”
Following the link introduced readers to the free, yet very fake, in-home WiFi service. Consumers would flush a spindle of fiber optic cable down their toilets, hooking the other end to a wireless router.
Like most clever pranks, there is a bit of self-effacing truth behind the well-intended laugh. The “BETA” tag is no doubt intentional, as Google loves to keep many of its products in beta for ages. Gmail itself has now spent the last three years in beta. The “FREE” nature of this service also plays into Google’s push in providing WiFi and WiMax connectivity in large markets for gratis.
Coming from a company like The Motley Fool, where April Fool’s Day jokes have been annual traditions since the mid-1990s, it’s great to see the Internet’s most valuable company taking the time to entertain.
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