All they would have to do is #1, which is easily done. They have dark fiber all over the country, they can tap into it anywhere they like. Building fiber networks isn't that hard and isn't that expensive in the big picture.
Most places already have clinics, most just aren't technology enabled. #3 wasn't really necessary and was just meant to solicit rants from myself, Brad, Mark, and anyone else that views that differently. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jack Unger" <jun...@ask-wi.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:34 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks > Sounds a little bit too "dot.com-my" to me too. All PR and too little of > real importance. > > I'd need to see which communities they choose. Hopefully they will > choose communities that have NO Internet access today instead of > communities where broadband is already available and a movie can already > be downloaded quickly. > > As to all the hoopla about allowing rural health clinics to send medical > images quickly, that sounds like a load of bull. Is Google going to: > > 1. Build the fiber network out to the rural, high-cost areas? > > 2. Build "rural medical clinics" for the area(s)? > > 3. Cover the insurance costs for the 40% of the adult population with no > medical insurance and who therefore can't afford to go to the clinic for > medical treatment? > > If Google is going to do all of the above then I say "Google is GREAT! > More power to 'em". On the other hand, if Google is NOT going to do all > of the above, then I say "Keep your damn Press Release at home until you > are able to put more truth into it". > > NOW, on a practical note, what could Google in a partnership with WISPs > that would really bring win-win-win benefits to the public?? > > jack > > > > 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_network >> >> 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? >> >> > > -- > Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > Network Design - Technical Training - Technical Writing > Serving the Broadband Wireless, Networking and Telecom Communities since > 1993 > www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
