I love how everyone thinks the content people are mooching. You go to the other side of the fence and we're mooching off of them.
They negotiate their bandwidth, we negotiate ours. They're just better at it. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tom DeReggi" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:46 PM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks > I'd say, the press release is not in line with Google's Business model. > > Google is in the business of collecting revenue, without costs, > considering > they mooch off others' broadband networks without paying for access to it. > > It will be interesting to see what Google Execs will think of the project > a > year down the road, where they incur all the costs and no revenue. I dont > see the project being popular amoungst management. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:36 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks > > >> The same way they have made money from the beginning. Giving it all away >> for free!!! At least on the front end of things...... >> >> Google makes money in reverse and LOTS of it. Trust me, my man, Google >> is >> no brainless bunch. There is a lot of money in "Free". I'm sure they >> have >> an angle to make the big bucks off of it and at the same time presenting >> themselves as the benevolent Google that is adored by everyone worldwide. >> Well, except maybe the Chinese who Google censored. Oh, and possibly the >> rest of the world including the US if Google teams up with the NSA as >> last >> reported...... But still, just a bunch of friendly helpful guys out to >> give >> it all away for free! >> >> Bob- >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Marco Coelho >> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:07 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks >> >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
