"Google is becoming the Microsoft of internet space."
Yes they are. But not by choice. They are doing it because of fear of net
Neutrality not being forced.
TimeWarner, Microsoft, EarthLink, Comcast, Verizon, etc, etc, all own their
own content and pipe.
Google leveraged the capacity of the 7000 independent ISPs to accellerate
their dominance. But the Independant ISP is a dying breed.
They are at disadvantage if they can re-secure a new growing pipe for their
clients.
I'm not certain that Google has feet on the street in all the towns across
America, as needed to be an Broadband Pipe Provider.
Its much easier for them to make money, sitting in their San Jose Office,
using the power of the existing Internet and their distributed data centers
to reach customers and deliver services.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:07 AM
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. :)
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