Google's not into this to actually serve customers. This is exactly what they did with the 700mhz auction. Come in, stir things up and push the market segment into the direction that they want it to go on.
They come in, shake things up, make the consumer expectation higher and the rest of the industry has to try and catch-up... They never REALLY intended to build a wireless network, but they did get what they wanted out of it. I don't expect that they intend to roll this out everywhere, just enough to raise the bar higher for the better of themselves and the consumer.. Potentially at the cost of the incumbents.. -- Tim On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Michael Chaney <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. > > Money is one part of the influence equation, and really not that big. > Any of these companies have enough money to buy whatever legislation > they want. I've pointed this out before, but on the federal level, it > takes around $200K to turn a congressman into the rough equivalent of > a brainless puppet that will do or say anything that you tell it to. > Any of these companies have that kind of money. > > What Comcast and AT&T have that sets them apart from Google is a long > history of intense lobbying, and the connections that go along with > it. That's invaluable, and will take Google a long time to get > together. > > Michael > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. > [email protected] > http://www.michaelchaney.com/ > > -- > 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
