If Google would start a partnership program where service providers could offer a free Internet service in exchange for a revenue split with Google for ads inserted into web content streams then we would have a viable option for delivering "free" Internet. Google has the technology to make this work. I know from my experiences with my Google Adsense account for search that Google makes money from ads and is willing to share in that system. All they need to do is offer a network / affiliate arrangement just like the broadcast networks / local affiliates do with television and radio. Internet can work the same way if the planets align properly. I do not mind giving Internet away to everyone as long as we all share in the upside. I have a feeling that greed will kill this idea though. Everybody wants their piece of the pie to be the largest. Until Google understands the amount of time and money required to properly operate a network I fear they will not value our contributions fairly. We are the stepchildren of broadband. I hope we do not all turn into pumpkins at midnight at the Free Internet Ball. Scriv
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Drew Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From Wall Street Journal today: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809560499668087.html > > ³Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is > pushing > for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless > Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless > industry and some consumer groups.² > > I know its been knocked down before, but every time it comes up, it sparks > conversation. > > -d > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
