Travis, your figures are right on and we've been there since the start, too, in fact were #19 in Sprint's first customers for dedicated Internet connection before that.
Something curious is happening and it deserves close scrutiny... starting before NOW! We're (paper-presenting) members of MAAWG and CEAS ...organizations you all should watch...and start that now, too. . . . j o n a t h a n Jonathan Schmidt Perftech, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 11:07 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google makes it official -- putting up $4.6 billion I'm not sure what the hell your problem is, but you really need to get a grip. I started in the internet space in 1994... back before Google or even Altavista... back when there were no real search engines to speak of... and now today, Google's search is used by 44% of ALL internet searches... so, whether you believe it or not, they CAN control what searches are displayed for 44% of the internet.... that's only about 600 million people. Postini does SPAM blocking and filtering for a very large percentage of the internet today... we have been using them for almost 4 years. Large corporations (Apple, Sun, and others) also use them. So, once again, with Google buying Postini, they can control a _very_ large percentage of what emails get thru and don't get thru. Sounds like you are prepared to have Google control the internet for you rather than some ILEC that can really never have control... but some of us are not. Some of us helped get the internet where it is today because it was open and not controlled. You really need to open your eyes and take a look around... Google is becoming the Microsoft of internet space. Travis Microserv Michael Erskine wrote: > Travis Johnson wrote: >> Google is quietly and methodically taking control of the internet. >> They already control what results we see on a search... > > No they don't... Once upon a time there was CERN's search engine and > then there was Altavista, and then there was > Yahoo, and then there was MSN, and Google. So you see, Google does > not control what results we see on a search, > if we but realize that there are other search engines. Mr. Jeeve's? > > >> and with the purchase of Postini, they will be able to control what >> emails we actually receive. And now they are bidding on wireless >> spectrum. > > > OMG. They are going to control what E-Mail's we receive? Will that > help with the spam problem? LoL dude. > Nobody can control what E-Mail's you receive but your mail host and > sadly it can only do so much. > > >> >> They are just slowly taking over little pieces of the net... bit by >> bit... :( > > > Yeah, bad! evil! Google! Fighting for net neutrality against all > those nicey nice ILECs who have nothing but our > own best interests at heart. :) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Would you like to see your advertisement here? Let the WISPA Board > know your feelings about allowing advertisements on the free WISPA > lists. The current Board is taking this under consideration at this > time. We want to know your thoughts. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Would you like to see your advertisement here? Let the WISPA Board know your feelings about allowing advertisements on the free WISPA lists. The current Board is taking this under consideration at this time. We want to know your thoughts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to see your advertisement here? Let the WISPA Board know your feelings about allowing advertisements on the free WISPA lists. The current Board is taking this under consideration at this time. We want to know your thoughts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
