Time Warner Cable's Marcus wonders if Google's 1 Gbps service is needed

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) may have caught the hearts and minds of the broadband public with its 1 Gbps FTTH service, but Rob Marcus, Time Warner Cable's COO questioned whether there's an immediate demand for such speed during the Broadcast and Cable/Multichannel News OnScreen Summit. Marcus said if there are applications "that will take advantage of a 1 Gbps service" they have the network infrastructure to provide those speeds. Article