Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive|Computerworld
Yeah, use a Google Gig connection at a customer’s house to feed the APs on their roof... VPN them. That would make life easy. From: Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 9:02 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive|Computerworld it would be funny if a WISP moved into a google fiber city and started stealing their customers! On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Robert Andrews wrote: Silly Valley is anything but egalitarian...But it is a pretty good meritocracy... On 08/16/2016 07:44 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Be interesting to see a map of Google deployments overlayed with a map of racial/cultural demographics for the same area... I’ll bet there is a helluva digital divide goin’ on. *From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:39 AM *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive |Computerworld Google is going to attempt to sell the world that their exotic super special wireless is an evolution in broadband. But the world will detect the odor of BS in the air and call BS on Google. It appears they found that fiber is more expensive to do and less lucrative (the way they do it) than they thought. Moreover the loss of goodwill from cherry picking customers is giving them a black eye. OK fine, wireless will be much more egalitarian, quick and easy to deploy, right... Let’s sound retreat and go back to ball and musket. Those damned repeating rifles are too costly. *From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:32 AM *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep itcompetitive |Computerworld Remember winstar and others who tried? Look at Vivint... On Aug 16, 2016 7:31 AM, "Chuck McCown" mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Yeah, kinda throwing in the towel it seems. *From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 10:22 PM *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep it competitive |Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-networking/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html <http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-networking/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html> I laughed
Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive |Computerworld
it would be funny if a WISP moved into a google fiber city and started stealing their customers! On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Robert Andrews wrote: > Silly Valley is anything but egalitarian...But it is a pretty good > meritocracy... > > On 08/16/2016 07:44 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> Be interesting to see a map of Google deployments overlayed with a map >> of racial/cultural demographics for the same area... >> I’ll bet there is a helluva digital divide goin’ on. >> *From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:39 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could >> keepitcompetitive |Computerworld >> Google is going to attempt to sell the world that their exotic super >> special wireless is an evolution in broadband. >> But the world will detect the odor of BS in the air and call BS on Google. >> It appears they found that fiber is more expensive to do and less >> lucrative (the way they do it) than they thought. Moreover the loss of >> goodwill from cherry picking customers is giving them a black eye. >> OK fine, wireless will be much more egalitarian, quick and easy to >> deploy, right... >> Let’s sound retreat and go back to ball and musket. Those damned >> repeating rifles are too costly. >> *From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:32 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep >> itcompetitive |Computerworld >> >> Remember winstar and others who tried? Look at Vivint... >> >> On Aug 16, 2016 7:31 AM, "Chuck McCown" > <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: >> >> Yeah, kinda throwing in the towel it seems. >> *From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 10:22 PM >> *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep it >> competitive |Computerworld >> >> http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-networ >> king/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html >> <http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-netwo >> rking/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html> >> I laughed >> >>
Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive |Computerworld
Silly Valley is anything but egalitarian...But it is a pretty good meritocracy... On 08/16/2016 07:44 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Be interesting to see a map of Google deployments overlayed with a map of racial/cultural demographics for the same area... I’ll bet there is a helluva digital divide goin’ on. *From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:39 AM *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive |Computerworld Google is going to attempt to sell the world that their exotic super special wireless is an evolution in broadband. But the world will detect the odor of BS in the air and call BS on Google. It appears they found that fiber is more expensive to do and less lucrative (the way they do it) than they thought. Moreover the loss of goodwill from cherry picking customers is giving them a black eye. OK fine, wireless will be much more egalitarian, quick and easy to deploy, right... Let’s sound retreat and go back to ball and musket. Those damned repeating rifles are too costly. *From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:32 AM *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep itcompetitive |Computerworld Remember winstar and others who tried? Look at Vivint... On Aug 16, 2016 7:31 AM, "Chuck McCown" mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Yeah, kinda throwing in the towel it seems. *From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 10:22 PM *To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep it competitive |Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-networking/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html <http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-networking/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html> I laughed
Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive |Computerworld
Be interesting to see a map of Google deployments overlayed with a map of racial/cultural demographics for the same area... I’ll bet there is a helluva digital divide goin’ on. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:39 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keepitcompetitive |Computerworld Google is going to attempt to sell the world that their exotic super special wireless is an evolution in broadband. But the world will detect the odor of BS in the air and call BS on Google. It appears they found that fiber is more expensive to do and less lucrative (the way they do it) than they thought. Moreover the loss of goodwill from cherry picking customers is giving them a black eye. OK fine, wireless will be much more egalitarian, quick and easy to deploy, right... Let’s sound retreat and go back to ball and musket. Those damned repeating rifles are too costly. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:32 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep itcompetitive |Computerworld Remember winstar and others who tried? Look at Vivint... On Aug 16, 2016 7:31 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: Yeah, kinda throwing in the towel it seems. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 10:22 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] A Google Fiber move to wireless could keep it competitive |Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/article/3107835/wireless-networking/a-google-fiber-move-to-wireless-could-keep-it-competitive.html I laughed