Looks like Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has finally gotten into the Internet provider business after years of speculation. In what could be seen as a major push by the web search leader from providing services over the data communications lines of telecom companies to data over municipal plumbing systems, the Mountain View, Ca. company has now made available its Toilet / WiFi Internet service, affectionately called TiSP.

Customers will be able to connect that murky and disgusting waste channel to airwaves all around their homes, apartments and condos to receive that free dose of WiFi wireless Internet. Instead of cabling that new Google WiFi router to some wall jack, customers can easily install the Ethernet cable from the included and packaged Google WiFi router directly into the closest commode.

This new service should allow Google to become even further entrenched in homes as it graduates from information provider to disgusting service provider -- a move that many on Wall Street have waited for. Initially, web searches used by new Google TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider) customers will see text ads for sundries and other toilet supplies from advertisers in their local areas.

Happy April Fool's Day.

Google's had rumblings in the market for quite some time about the possibility of offering free wireless Internet across the nation. While that rumor continues to be up in the air with Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying that Google does not plan on being a "service provider", that stance has changed in Google's headquarters hometown, Mountain View, California. Google's test run in Mountain View with its freely-available WiFi wireless Internet network has been performed without any major setbacks, setting the stage for a possible public release soon.

Free wireless Internet access for Mountain View residents (1,000 of whom are Google employees) and visitors is a mighty treat. Talk about the cable companies and DSL providers feeling a little heat soon. Although "Google WiFi" won't come with live-human technical support, the service appears to be already functioning in a large way ahead of its official "end of summer" deadline for public release.

With WindowsXP and the newest version of MacOS X, WiFi networking is so easy that it's hard to imagine many Google WiFi customers needing technical support beyond the inevitable question "what happens if my signal is low" and so forth. This new free service from Google surely will make the Mountain View area happy except for those first-time wireless Internet users that may have setup difficulty. Will Google duplicate this effort in more areas? If so, that'll be a pinch on Google's cash. If you're a Mountain View resident, does the Google WiFi service serve up Google ads as well even if you're not on the Google network? Write to me below and let me know.

Brian White has worked in various executive positions in technology and telecommunications and now focuses on editing and writing.

With Google lamenting on the idea of citywide WiFi wireless broadband internet launches -- its first is in San Francisco -- a new Israeli company may be Google's answer to cheaper WiFi. Wavion is saying that its new wireless broadband internet equipment can quadruple the capacity and coverage of a normal citywide WiFi access point -- or more.

Instead of using 25 wireless access points to cover a 20-square-mile area for citywide WiFi, only eight Wavion access points are needed. Google may have just found its best friend.

In addition to the possible teaming up with Google and Earthlink for the beginnings of untethering broadband internet access in larger metros across the U.S., Wavion is sure to see increased interest from almost any entity that would like to deploy a wireless broadband citywide network, but has been scared by the deployment and maintenance costs.

If Google can harness Wavion's technology and start to leapfrog actual municipalities in the design and installation of citywide WiFi networks, Google, going against its recent statement that it does not want to become a "service provider, may become just that in a manner of speaking. As a GOOG investor, are you for this? It seems that if Google can have WiFi networks deployed and have even more customers using Google services (like Internet search), its ad revenues will only benefit.