Comment That's not the whole picture (Score 1) 347
I'm not so sure Google is buying dark fibre, to necessarily create their own internet, with the sole intent to only allow Google customers traffic.
Think of the other news out there related to telecom and you'll come across, Verizon setting aside large amounts of bandwidth on their network to their new IPTV offering. Leaving the rest of the bandwidth to be shared by the rest of the internet, including other IPTV providers.
Telecom, especially those that own the pipes or wires, are looking for service related subscription models. Currently, you pay a flat monthly fee, no matter how much you upload, download. In the future, you will pay for the internet as you use it. If you download a lot of music, video's or song, you will not only have to pay for the video or song, but the bandwidth necessary to download it.
So, it makes sense for a business to provide a contingency plan, especially if someone else controls the pipes and wires. It also provides users with an alternative.
So far so good, I wouldn't call Google evil yet, but I'm almost there. The grid computers and the Google box, does provide some people the ability to surf the web possibly for a lower cost in the future. It is expensive to most to purchase a computer and internet connection. Google may have the potential to bring that cost down, more than anyone. So with that, you know that the Google box will track your internet usage and provide you with some search related advertising. They can effectively do this much better than anyone, especially if they own the box and grid comps. However, that image still sticks with Google's main line of business, search related advertising.
So when do we call Google evil? I'd call them evil once they start charging internet websites like espn.com to appear on the new Google network. That's building a new business model around the network, with monopolistic characteristics, the same as verizon.
A lot of things need to fall in place for Verizon and Google to be evil and mainly they fight against each other to pass legislation that will help their cause. Both arguments have valid points, and it is the legislation written and how it is upheld, which will determine the future.
Think of the other news out there related to telecom and you'll come across, Verizon setting aside large amounts of bandwidth on their network to their new IPTV offering. Leaving the rest of the bandwidth to be shared by the rest of the internet, including other IPTV providers.
Telecom, especially those that own the pipes or wires, are looking for service related subscription models. Currently, you pay a flat monthly fee, no matter how much you upload, download. In the future, you will pay for the internet as you use it. If you download a lot of music, video's or song, you will not only have to pay for the video or song, but the bandwidth necessary to download it.
So, it makes sense for a business to provide a contingency plan, especially if someone else controls the pipes and wires. It also provides users with an alternative.
So far so good, I wouldn't call Google evil yet, but I'm almost there. The grid computers and the Google box, does provide some people the ability to surf the web possibly for a lower cost in the future. It is expensive to most to purchase a computer and internet connection. Google may have the potential to bring that cost down, more than anyone. So with that, you know that the Google box will track your internet usage and provide you with some search related advertising. They can effectively do this much better than anyone, especially if they own the box and grid comps. However, that image still sticks with Google's main line of business, search related advertising.
So when do we call Google evil? I'd call them evil once they start charging internet websites like espn.com to appear on the new Google network. That's building a new business model around the network, with monopolistic characteristics, the same as verizon.
A lot of things need to fall in place for Verizon and Google to be evil and mainly they fight against each other to pass legislation that will help their cause. Both arguments have valid points, and it is the legislation written and how it is upheld, which will determine the future.
