My question is, who is running around complaining that their 1 Gbps Internet sucks? "Oh my god! My Internet is SO SLOW! Someone needs to give me 10Gbps!"
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < [email protected]> wrote: > I would like to see these hippie google bastards tooling around in east st > louis, Alphabet would have to generate a body armor company > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
