Jafo232
You Can't Spell Democrat Without Rat.
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join:2002-10-17
Boonville, NY
1 edit | Hmm
Foogle anyone? Or would that compete with their Froogle brandname?
It will be interesting to see if anything comes up outta this. |
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kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| thatd be awesome
...to see a company like Google come from nowhere and become the next AOL, only this time they do it right. connect all major cities with fiber! AOL will still call 128Kbps broadband and Google will surely kick their ass if they tried, the only thing needed is some major capital.
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rob_in_chatt
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join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN | Google
o boy whats next? Ebay broadband? |
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Pictor Guy
join:2004-06-21
Sammamish, WA
1 edit | localization
What's so shocking about Google wanting dark fiber? Getting large circuits can sometimes take a long time. It's often easier to get dark fiber then light it up when needed. It's not just ISPs who buy circuits. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
·Charter Pipeline
| If you want real broadband, can't be just telcom
you need major players to deploy stuff, you actually think you will have connections like Japan/s korea if you just leave it up to the bells and cable companies? ha you kid yourself! 
Go google if they are considering it. hehe |
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MWR2NY
join:2002-02-06
Edgewood, MD | reply to rob_in_chatt
Re: Google
If the price is right I would switch to any broadband supplier. The competition in that industry would be great news. Look at what competition has done to the automotive industry. |
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fiosman
@megapath.net | reply to Jafo232
Re: Hmm
I would prefer Goobre |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
 ·AT&T Southwest
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Re: If you want real broadband, can't be just telc
said by markopoleo  :...you actually think you will have connections like Japan/s korea if you just leave it up to the bells and cable companies? ha you kid yourself! Go google if they are considering it. hehe Now we must pay homage to Verizon and FIOS (it's real you know). To-few corporate bravehearts out there. |
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO | Yah, at FIOS rate they will have it done for someone elses kids, kids. go them. :P |
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rideboarder
welcome to the social
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join:2003-07-28
Snohomish, WA
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Re: thatd be awesome
said by kba4 :...to see a company like Google come from nowhere and become the next AOL, only this time they do it right. haha...don't count on it....once a company goes public greed drives the business and google is going to end up just like aol if they continue this way. |
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glmclell
join:2000-10-17
Manistee, MI
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| speculate
maybe google's just lookin to lease some serious bandwidth for private datacenters or something having to do with content distrubution.
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rob_in_chatt
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join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN | reply to MWR2NY
Re: Google
yeah made them make more junk |
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exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
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·Suddenlink
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·AT&T Southeast
·Charter Pipeline
| So far
I've been happy with google. I don't mind them getting (if that is what they want to do) into the Broadband provider business.
I would really like to see where this goes. If anybody has any more information please let me know. 
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koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
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Re: speculate
All this speculation is crazy. More than likely (since I know a couple people who have worked and still work at Google), it's this:
During Google's content pulls (I forget the term they use for it), i.e. indexing the 'net, they use an INCREDIBLE amount of bandwidth. Historically, these pulls have been done at specific hours, and from specific datacentres -- done solely for finances.
Google has probably concluded the same thing everyone in the industry has: bandwidth is EXPENSIVE. It's cheaper, transit-wise, to turn up your own fibre and not have to worry about backbone providers screwing you over bandwidth costs.
Sooner or later, the home broadband industry is going to go through this exact same phenomenon: that 6mbit/s cable modem isn't going to amount to jack squat when there aren't any customers in co-los who can push traffic that fast. Due to the OUTRAGEOUS bandwidth costs, not everyone can afford a DS3 (45mbit) worth of traffic (especially when the going rate is around US$300+ for 512kbit), which is why more and more sites are starting to rate-limit throughput.
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lestat99
join:2000-08-04
Piscataway, NJ
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Re: So far
Did anyone ever consider that Google may just need someone with this experience for internal purposes? I could easily see them needing this expertise if they are planning on regional data centers to house their service.
Most of the big investment banks also have fiber experts in house but it doesn't mean that Citibank is going into the telecom business. |
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exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs: | True true... |
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jwsmiths4
Part Man, Part Mac
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join:2003-10-25
Savannah, GA | reply to lestat99
But if they did - could you imagine those commercials? haha! I love their credit protection commercials.
Justin |
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AJ023
join:2001-12-25
Forest Hills, NY
| reply to koitsu
Re: speculate
Reminds me of the Gbrowser speculation.
I took a look at the REAL job posting on Yahoo and that posting was taken so out of context its not even funny.
Your 100% right. Google is a company that needs to reduce bandwidth fees. However having a global backbone with a company like google can possibly lead to other advantages as well down the road. But for google to be the equivalent of a backbone provider or telco, absolutely not.
With that being said, I do think eventually google will partner with broadband providers much like Yahoo is doing with Verizon and SBC now for the last mile. |
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bigyeah
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join:2004-06-25
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Re: thatd be awesome
said by rideboarder : said by kba4 :...to see a company like Google come from nowhere and become the next AOL, only this time they do it right. haha...don't count on it....once a company goes public greed drives the business and google is going to end up just like aol if they continue this way. agreed |
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clucas001
join:2003-11-11
Mechanicsville, MD | reply to jwsmiths4
Re: So far
Google has been doing things right so far with their e-mail service and their website. I would not mind seeing them go into fiber broadband. Seems they have more of a chance of getting it done than verizon :\ |
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