And in the tradition of expanding he body of coverage so offered on Google's router plans:

“It's been known for a while that [Google's] custom mesh network has been breaking down. YouTube is largely to blame.”

So says one of my super secret sources. Make of it what you will, I'm not going to festoon it with speculation.

Edward Miller, a stand up fellow, pointed out that Google has been advertising for some interesting jobs recently, as well. He was also kind enough to point out that there are two more recent job postings as well. 

Networking, Hardware Testing Engineer - Mountain View

Networking Software Engineer, Protocols - Mountain View

Networking Software Engineer, Protocols - Mountain View

In those job postings, I really liked this requirement: “Interface with contract manufacturers and production test technicians to resolve issues.”

This one too: “Troubleshoot new board-level computer hardware and electro-mechanical systems and help to evaluate mechanical, electrical, and thermal performance of components and systems.”

Here's another fun one: “Design and develop multiple L2 and L3 networking protocols running on embedded network devices.” Not often you get the chance to design and develop a new network protocol.

All of this is perfectly explained away by Google's already known manufacturing of switches. I wonder if those really cool switches from Juniper were originally built for Google's requests. I bet Juniper knew Google was having switch issues, and it wasn't making switches at the time, so why not put some into research and production? There were tons of reasons to get into switches. I've just got an active imagination.

Again, all of this can easily be written off as the normal requirements for a healthy, growing company. There's no oblique evidence here. Still, we dig deeper to bring you the truth!