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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glenn Kelley Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks Google makes a ton of cash by giving stuff away all the time - have you ever seen an add on their home page? Think about this - When you go shopping - is the product you buy worth more than the fact the store can market to Pepsi that you purchased Coke? To Kraft Foods that you purchased something from a competitor? They are a marketing company - funny - but most don't see them as such ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com Email: [email protected] Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. On Feb 10, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Marco Coelho wrote: > Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks > > WASHINGTON - Google plans to build experimental, ultra-fast Internet > networks in a handful of communities around the country. > > The search company said Wednesday that its fiber-optic broadband > networks will deliver speeds of 1 gigabit per second to as many as > 500,000 Americans. Google Inc. says those systems will be more than > 100 times faster than the networks that most Americans have access to > today. > > In a blog post, the company said the networks will let consumers > download a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five > minutes and allow rural health clinics to send 3-D medical images over > the Web. > > Google says it will seek input from communities that might be > interested in getting one of the testbed networks. > > ****end of article > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_broadband_netw ork > > sounds very dot commy to me: > Best price on a 1G pipe is about 1K-5K within a NOC. I wonder how you > make money giving it away? > > -- > Marco C. Coelho > Argon Technologies Inc. > POB 875 > Greenville, TX 75403-0875 > 903-455-5036 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
