Cisco Systems developing ultra-high-speed internet access system

People close to the company say it is working with a number of US service providers, who are not named. But the article mentions Cisco customers AT&T (T) and Comcast (CMCSA), and says Cisco is "explicitly allying with the telecom giants" and hoping to benefit from their discomfort with Google (GOOG). Recall Google announced its plans for an experimental 1 gigabit per second fiber network on 10-Feb. Source: Financial Times TMTanalyst