Intel to become an ISP? 53
Andy Tai writes "This
InfoWorld story reports that Intel will go into the ISP
business and compete with IBM, AOL, etc." Sure,
why not? They have their fingers in all the hardware, why
not control it right up to the consumer?
Amen (Score:1)
Maybe we need a new acronym for uninformed posters - RTFA (Read The F***ing Article)
According to the InfoWorld story, Intel's goal is to mimic IBM, not AOL or MSN. The average user probably won't even notice their presence, with the *possible* exception of lots of plugins being used at their clients' web sites.
Dan
Intel (Score:1)
so that's how they're going to do it... (Score:1)
(not serious, yes sarcastic)
Web Hosting Services (Score:2)
Well I read the thing and web hosting Services != dialup services IMHO.
'nuff sed
Toodles
If it's anything like Intel processors... (Score:1)
Moore+P.T.Barnum (Score:1)
Why is Intel so unpopular? (Score:1)
Intel's CPUs have a very poor architecture. This is perhaps one reason for the animosity. How many times have you heard people complaining about the stupid BIOS on PCs, the lack of registers on x86s, etc? Well, it's mostly Intel's fault.
Also, have you been intentionally ignoring the other buzz about them? That they intentionally put incorrect information in their manuals? That sort of thing is bothersome as well. There is a reason that the DoJ has been investigating Intel.
Intel & ISP stuff... (Score:2)
Two have been mentioned in InfoWorld. Yesterday, in this article, http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?
MS has also invested in Rhythm Networks.
http://www.rhythm.net (but no mention of MS investments)...
For both, MS is cutting deals for ISPs involved with these CLECs to provide "portals" for MSN. The virus...no, cancer, grows...
"The deal is Microsoft's second DSL investment in the past month. The software giant announced a $30 million stake in Rhythms NetConnections, a competitor to NorthPoint, on March 17. That deal also calls for a co-branded MSN portal. "
Intel to Enter Potato Chip Market (Score:1)
You will soon be able to buy a bag of any of several flavors of new Intel Pentatium Chips at your local grocer. They will be selling a package called the Intel Pentatium III which will be a three-pack of regular, Celeron (Sour Cream and Celery) [Ewww!], and Overclocked - with super hot spicy seasoning on them!
They will come with wash-off tattoos that you can put on your stomach that say "Intel Inside".
Oh yummy! They also will be released on May 19 to coincide with the release of Star Wars Episode One. I wonder which one I can't wait for the most!
Perfect Opportunity (Score:1)
If AOL started making CPUs... well that's another story entirely.
You are PIII user #146546749831 (Score:1)
etc.
Why is Intel so unpopular? (Score:1)
Why is Intel so unpopular? (Score:1)
Second, again, I don't care about their motives. What corporation WOULD support linux for altruistic purposes? (back to my ever so carefully not included comment on hardware NOT being free and needing a company to sell it.
And yet again, they ARE in business, so they can't tell everyone everything about their products. I don't care that some whiny company is sueing, let them, they won't get anywhere.
Third, why do you presume to speak for Intel? That is exactly the type of propaganda I am talking about. "Would you like to see Intel double their CPU prices for every OEM that doesn't ship every box with an Intel.net signup icon on the desktop?" I am sorry, I must have missed that part of the article. Glad I have someone posting here that is so in the loop with Intel. Oh, but you weren't finised there, where you? "Intel adds (sic) that promise you that buying a new Pentium will make the Internet so much faster...." I have yet to see one of those, either. I have seen ones that claim to 'unlock the power of the internet', do things like allow easy and secure online ordering (but wait, big brother is out to get us, he is all around, Intel is going to use this against us, ahhh!!!). I have also them claim to increase multimedia performance of video playback and such, which I can't help but say is justified given A) they have the fastest performing processor in the (i386) market, and B) almost all developers optimize for MMX now. I just don't see who you would claim offers a better product, unless you are just saying they offer an imperfect product, which everyone does. Of maybe you are just on of those AMD people waiting for the *cough*vaporware*cough* K7.
Lowprice CPUs provided ISP signup? (Score:1)
Would that even be legal in the US? Here in Norway this has been used to push cellular phones. Ie. you buy a phone for 1nkr, and sign up for 12 months with service provider X. This is happening with home PCs too. You get a cheap PC, provided you sign up for an internet account.
Would such a move by Intel force AMD to do the same? What about processor upgrades? Would it be possible to by a new processor cheap every time your ISP contract expired?
Intel Everywhere (Score:1)
Still, in a free market there's no-one forcing us to change ISPs to Intel. No doubt some sap will do and then whine about it.
Re:Why is Intel so unpopular? (Score:1)
AMD's management sucking is something I don't get. Why even say this? ALL management sucks if you ask me
Intel Inside... (Score:1)
Considering the bull hockey moves of having PIII only websites (I guess since they move faster on the Internet than non-PIII sites), this seems like a sensible move on their part (and in their minds).
Let's hope they don't begin to get the content bug that has gotten into Micros~1's little mind.
Chris
Not an ISP, but a "data-services center" (Score:2)
I've got one thing to say about this.... (Score:1)
Co-incidence: Intel -> PSN -> Internet business? (Score:1)
Down with Intel!> [bigbrotherinside.com]
I know a good one!! (Score:1)
Let's get this right... (Score:1)
Oh, and nobody cares who you work for.
Overpriced (Score:1)
The "buy AMD argument" doesn't really count - AMD provides competition in the low-end CPU market. Intel has NO competition in the high-end CPU market. (When I recently upgraded my computer I unfortunately needed a high-end CPU in the x86 market, so AMD was NOT an option.) Remember, these are fundamentally two different markets. People who need big-n-fast buy big-n-fast. People who don't, dont.
Look at intels pricing: Low-end cpu market, low prices, competition. High-end cpu market, very high prices, no competition. Coincidence? Hardly.
The price/performance ratio is MUCH lower in the low-end CPU's. But when you need fast, you gotta have your wallet sucked dry, so that Andy Grove and his executive chums can each get their 2 million $ bonuses this year, on top of their $400K salaries. (Sure, they deserve it, they're the successful ones, but that doesn't change the fact that they're overpriced.) $7 billion in the bank doesn't hurt either.
Intel (Score:1)
Why is Intel so unpopular? (Score:1)
Let's get this right... (Score:1)
What they ARE doing is penetrating the lucrative datacenter market. For those of you that don't know what that is, it means they are going to begin wholesaling Internet bandwidth to server co-locaters.
(Although I must admit... I didn't think Intel would be a competitor of ours any time soon...)
Intel Everywhere (Score:1)
Come on people, this is not the cold war here, they make and sell hardware, they dont take your credit card numbers and buy themselves a new TV!
Grow up...
Yes Yes, I know about the serial numbers, here is a radical idea, maybe they really were trying to stop illegal sales of processors? Wow, what an idea!!
If not, then who cares if they know you have a PIII, big deal...
-Sorry, this is my first post, I know this wont give me a good rep..
Why is Intel so unpopular? (Score:1)
Let me guess... (Score:1)
Re:Intel Inside... (Score:1)
Re:Intel OS? (Score:1)