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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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calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

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....

calvoiper
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L2006

join:2001-12-03
Stratford, ON
free ad-driven tv?

TV to the house should be free now... for every 20 min of television, there are 10 min of commercials it seems.

I mean, if commercials pay for the content, what is my huge monthly bill paying for?


calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
uhhh, that was exactly my point. We had (actually, still have) free BROADCAST television, but most choose to pay for additional channels....

calvoiper
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tiger72
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said by calvoiper See Profile :

uhhh, that was exactly my point. We had (actually, still have) free BROADCAST television, but most choose to pay for additional channels....

calvoiper
I think his point is that you still get ads on cable anyways - why are you paying for it?
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gpancner

join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA

reply to calvoiper
No such thing as Free BROADCAST TV

The amount of money spent on advertising over "Free" Broadcast TV adds over $600/year to the cost of living per capita in the U.S. via increased prices for goods purchased.
Have you ever seen a "Free" Broadcast TV station facility?
They didn't pull the constuction/operation money out of a hat.

Drex_CS

join:2005-05-11
canada
reply to L2006
Re: Likely?

you pay for them to broadcast it, the ads pay for the 6 million an episode cost taht friends had.. and other such shows.


calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

OK, everybody, if you don't like "free" ad-driven services, don't watch or use them. What I don't understand is the attitude that others shouldn't be able to choose to use a service delivery mechanism just because you don't happen to like it.

Unless you are all ISP shills (which I doubt) I can't understand the hostility to the possibility of Google providing a "free", but ad-driven, wireless Internet access program. Could someone clue me in?

calvoiper
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