 chakeyPremium
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Gladstone, NJ
 ·Verizon FiOS
| Not the point The point of the article is to show us that Google's wifi plans are real and the service is actually being used (albeit by a small population.) I for one certainly hope to see them make the jump into a nationwide wifi ISP. I suppose it is a long, long, long way off, though... |
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 mr seanProfessional InfidelPremium,ExMod 2001-07
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| said by chakey:I suppose it is a long, long, long way off, though... If they place radios the way they gain rack space, it may not be that long.
For reasons mentioned by calvoiper  , and a consistently progressive approach to business, its difficult to envisison Google not succeeding at this.
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chakeyPremium
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| I certainly agree that they can succeed. I just think there are lots of states and municipalities that may not like the idea of free wifi competition. I think they may end up with tons of roadblocks locally. See Verizon's NJ battle. Different service, but same type of problem. |
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mr seanProfessional InfidelPremium,ExMod 2001-07
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| I don't really expect Google to offer the service for free, not on a permanent basis anyway. Mountain View may be an exception if only because it's home base...and a nice showcase.
Earthlink is already positioning muni WiFi (and WiFi telephony), so there is some demand for public/private partnership as well as independent competitors.
And yes, I sadly suspect you're correct in assuming the ILECs will fight tooth and nail. But in a perfect world the money they spend on lawyers and PACs, rather than innovation, might well prove their downfall.
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