East St. Louis...
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hohhof
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 9:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH
This is the New Economy, we don't need no stinkin' profits.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/shinal/2015/10/15/square-ipo-filing-shows-fast-growth-consistent-losses/73985492/
And in the case of Google Fiber, how would we know if it was profitable?
Unless Alphabet intends to split off companies to stand on their own.
I do find it interesting that everyone focuses on the last mile bandwidth,
as if that's the whole story. At least with business service, you don't
have the ridiculous scenario of someone running their 10 Gbps residential
Internet into an AC3200 router and doing speedtests on their iPad. But if
they sell 10 Gbps business service at lower than datacenter bandwidth
pricing, what happens if businesses start actually using it like DIA or
datacenter bandwidth? Like someone decides to sell cloud gaming or
streaming video or some business model that involves hundreds of screens
streaming 4K video? Maybe some real time medical imaging application.
And all this gigabit activity in cities doesn't really prove much about less
populated or economically distressed areas. If Google's intent is to prove
something, rather than cherry-pick, I'd still like to see them wire Detroit
or Newark. Not the wealthy suburbs or select "fiberhoods". Do the whole
city and show how it sparks an urban revival. Or go do a small rural town
or a tribal reservation.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH
And, they are operating the system at a profit, right...?
-----Original Message-----
From: Travis Johnson
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 8:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH
Does Google know they are getting out played by a small city? :)
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/10/10gbps-internet-offered-by-city-fighting-anti-muni-broadband-laws/
Travis
