Mike Hammett wrote:
An idea I just came up with is that perhaps it is part of a big FU to
the telecoms. They wanted to be able to charge more to access things
that weren't on their buddy list and if you didn't pony up, you got a
reduced speed.
Google could be doing this to ensure that they have a last mile access
and then wage war on the telecoms for trying to screw them.
Exactly... I thought that was obvious from the start. This is their
response to "Network Neutrality" as defined by Verizon, AT&T and the
other carriers.
If you want neutrality *buy* it.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google makes it official -- putting up $4.6 billion
There has to be more to the "everyone can use it" stuff... Google is
going to spend 4.6 Billion and then just let anyone that wants to use
it for free?
Or comparing to the modem stuff, you had to connect to a specific ISP
(by dialing that number). Are there going to be multiple ISP's in the
same area on the same 700mhz area?
Google is in this to make money... either by selling the service
cheap and going for very large quantities, or giving it away for free
and maybe making the default homepage www.google.com. They have lots
of options... but they aren't going to drop 4.6 Billion without some
plan on how to make it back and then some.
Travis
Microserv
Michael Erskine wrote:
Travis Johnson wrote:
And thus you just hit the nail on the head... and it brings us back
full circle to the original subject of this thread...
Google is going to bid on 700mhz spectrum... billions of dollars...
then, once they own it, they are going to start some type of
wireless internet service using that spectrum... and then, they
WILL be competing directly with all the ISP's. And, they will
probably give the service away FREE, just like they do now with
their WiFi service. Can you compete with FREE service, using 700mhz
NLOS technology (meaning self-install, take the modem with you to
work type service)?
I think they probably will sell the service. Their argument is that
it should be an OPEN service, meaning that anyone's devices have to
work with it. Kind of like, modems back in the day. Any modem
could connect to a Cisco RAS server and anyone could own a RAS
server if he had a line. Google seems to be saying that the rules
for the spectrum should allow anyone to build a device which will
work on the spectrum *AND* anyone who licenses the spectrum will
have to honor such a device.
Those rules are a heck of a lot more fair than the rules currently
being discussed.
So, now who's your friend? They have a huge recurring income from
the search engine, so they don't have to make a dime on other
services... gmail, Google Earth, etc. are all examples. They will
just add 700mhz wireless to the list of "free" things they provide.
Travis, Google is not the Evil Empire... Why do you think they are?
They have a recurring income from the world's best search engine.
Why is that a problem? Google Earth is a problem, why? Check out
Microsoft selling you www.terraserver.com. Yep, they are reselling
you the data that your tax dollars bought in the first place... That
is why I use www.terraserver-usa.com, the site they are required by
law to support. Slower, but it works.
I don't know why you are afraid of Google. I don't think they are
coming to a town near you. Maybe they will come to your town to
*buy you out*, but they probably won't come to your town to crush
your business... Verizon will.
Michael: "Hello, yes, the lady at Verizon told me that there was
nothing you could do about the problems we are having with their DSL
service, the one we are reselling, yes."
Lady at FCC: "Well, sadly she is correct. Unless the quality of
service is the problem, we can not help you."
I don't know Travis, but it looks to me like you have a great life.
Why worry yourself over Google's market share?
-m-
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