soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX | why???
This idea seems like suicide to me. |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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4 edits |  Ad driven WiFi or just beefing up clogged network
Ad driven WiFi or just beefing up clogged network ?
Google users have started to see something less than their usual sterling performance when visiting Google web sites. Maybe Google isn't trying to build a national WiFi network. Maybe they are just beefing up their infrastructure so that users continue to see the excellent response times they are used to.
»Google seems slow for the first time ever
P.S. In case anyone was wondering in "optical DWDM network" the DWDM stands for "dense wavelength division multiplexing". Here is a link for what that is:
»www.iec.org/online/tutorials/dwdm_test/
At its simplest, a dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) system can be viewed as a parallel set of optical channels, each using a slightly different light wavelength, but all sharing a single transmission medium. This new technical solution can increase the capacity of existing networks without the need for expensive recabling and can significantly reduce the cost of network upgrades.
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
| Likely?
"free ad-driven wi-fi"
If they do, I'll never visit Google out of principle alone. How can you clean up the internet when major companies pull this crap?
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baddabing
join:2005-09-19
Moxee, WA | Why?
That would be insane.. 
And stupid none the less. |
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nekkidtruth
You fail at life.
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join:2002-05-20
London, ON
| Um...
Since when would it be bad to have wireless across America? Who cares about Google's ads? They small and half the time aren't even noticeable. I think if this is truly what they're doing, good for them. FREE wireless Internet access across America?
To those of you who find something negative about this, What have you been smoking?
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pandora
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join:2001-06-01
Outland | reply to soothsayer15
Re: why???
Skynet is born! We must begin to worship our robot overlords!! |
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baddabing
join:2005-09-19
Moxee, WA | Ya...
I think it'd be an ok idea.. but insane none the less.. I mean.. could you imagine a company providing that to EVERYONE in the country.. that's insane.. and stupid to think about it.. lol |
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DeathK
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join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | reply to nekkidtruth
Re: Um...
The reality pipe. |
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Minister
join:2002-01-02
Fleeting
| And Verizon will offer free ad-driven Dental Care!
I know, because I saw their van out back while getting a crown repaired. That, and Verizon employees have teeth! Link to me!
Clearly Google is beefing up infrastructure to prepare for a bigger presence in the portal space. Mozilla based browsers and Gmail, G-earth, G-everything integrated clients. Maybe even some co-branded SBC/Yahoo type deals down the road.
But a WISP? No. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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Lots of bandwidth going to a company like Google with content is a good thing. We keep hearing all of these exciting announcements about ISP speed upgrades and fast FIOS, but what good is all that if it's too expensive for content providers to deliver things to actually utilize it?
We run a television oriented website. We'd love to host multimedia clips and lots of other exciting broadband oriented content, but we can't. Tens of thousands of users hitting our server per month gobbles through our allotted 500GB/month really damn quick, even with minimal graphics. Forget cool things like trailers and screenshot galleries.
The only thing that's gonna fix this situation is to get bigger pipes out there. I hope Google makes good use of the bandwidth provided by the project.
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | Time to pay for google and any of there services  |
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ooline2701
join:2002-05-01
Edison, NJ | Free Wifi
Free Wifi...then free Wi-Max....what next?? |
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rgoulet
join:2000-10-27
Pittsburgh, PA
| reply to pandora
Re: why???
Its called googlezon.
»www.robinsloan.com/epic/
Amusing, but with just enough plausibility to be a little discomforting.
Hopefully shiny killer robot skeletons aren't anywhere in google's business plans. |
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bistro777
Donuts-Is There Anything They Can't Do?
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join:2002-02-07
Englewood, CO
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Re: Ad driven WiFi or just beefing up clogged network
the DWDM stands for "dense wavelength division multiplexing". In Google's case, though, perhaps DWDM stands for "divide with diverse marketing" - meaning a divide and conquer strategy of providing free access, driven by Google's ad revenues, and effectively cutting traditional ISPs out of the loop (local or otherwise).
I haf ta go now. |
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jcnnghm
join:2001-08-29
Severna Park, MD
| Bank Of America
Bank of America got a bunch of dark fiber for their own network as well. They used it to replace their city-to-city OC3's. Data transport, especially between databases the size of what google has, is expensive. Makes a lot of sense to buy fiber between data centers.
Either that or Bank of America is planning to launch BOANET nationwide wifi and video streaming services.
»news.com.com/Dark+fiber+Business···0-2.html details the bank of america fiber network. |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
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Re: Likely?
Well, free ad-driven broadcast TV worked pretty well for decades--but now we all get to "subscribe" to cable if we want to see decent television....
I'm not sure what you mean by "clean up the [I]nternet", but if it means discouraging a business from providing free Wi-Fi, either with or without ads, then I don't think that's cleaning anything up.
I am continually amazed by people who attack new offerings--this isn't about your choice (you can continue to use whatever ISP you want) but this is rather about other people trying to restrict my ability to choose to use Google, a real "I know better than you" attitude that I resent.
On the other hand, maybe you have vested interests that are making big $$$ of today's traditional Internet access setup. Then you would have reason to be afraid of free Wi-Fi....
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anonipoonani
@verizon.com | reply to ooline2701
Re: Free Wifi
free |s|e|x|. . but wait.. thats already free for most of us .. |
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| What Google is really up to
Well, at least my guess...
They're probably going to use this network to improve the performance of their search engine. They can do this by placing dedicated boxes at various large hosting companies around the country and use them to index pages. This would be much quicker, since the Web sites would be on the same LAN as the machine running the indexing bot. And all that data has to get back to Google's central servers, which is what the network is for. Having such a network would also be useful for audio, video, and image searches, which will suck up large amounts of bandwidth. In addition, Google could use the infrastructure to sell customized services to large businesses, such as real-time searches of far-flung data in various locations. |
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coutch
join:2003-06-18
Grosse Pointe, MI
| Google Free Wireless
Hey Willis;
"I have a shaved head, a goatee, and tatoos
. Don't you realize the rules don't apply to me".
That sounds to me like a uniform look that has been "spoon fed" to you via big media, and as far as the rules not applying to you, well wait untill you are 45 years old, with 3 brat-kids... You'll be just another Repblician voting clone like the posers from my generation...
What goes around, comes around. |
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Techie714
join:2005-08-02
Anaheim, CA | reply to pandora
Re: why???
LMAO so true!!!
Just remember Skynet launches it's Missiles on August 4th. |
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