On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be nice for Google to roll fiber through here and blast right > past Comcast and AT&T, but I highly doubt Google will even look this > way because Comcast and AT&T have such a tight hold on communications > in and out of Tennessee. You can think Al Gore jr for this one. If > you want fiber to premise, in TN, you are gonna have to pay big money > for it and although Google has deep pockets, AT&T and Comcast would > band together to force them out and keep them out. > If ATT and Comcast were to try to block suck a deal, I don't think they have enough money to handle the bad press that would come there way. Remember: att market cap:148Billion http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=T Google market cap: 168Billion http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=goog comcast: 43.7 Billion http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CMCSA
Comcast is already being slapped by the fcc for non net neutral practices. Also keep in mind how much actual cash google has on hand. I don't think Att wants to go up against google. Google could buy comcast on a whim if they so desired. Andrew McElroy > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
