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| Verizon has to win it
Verizon doesn't have enough nationwide spectrum to do LTE or other 4G. They pretty much have to win or not be a player in 4G.
They do have AWS some spectrum for the eastern half of US if I recall, but not enough nationwide. ATT and Sprint already have enough to deploy 4G mostly nationwide.
I'd rather see Google partner with someone (like Sprint WiMAX) than become a telcom company. I really don't see Google dealing with customer support of such services. |
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| Not me... I'd rather see a new, powerful competitor enter the market with fresh ideas and a will to fight.
Seeding this spectrum to the big boys will give us more of the same we have now: Consolidation, higher prices, Slow access, Caps, 2 year contracts, etc etc
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| said by KrK  :Not me... I'd rather see a new, powerful competitor enter the market with fresh ideas and a will to fight. Even if that powerful new competitor has NEVER rolled out a wireless network before, not even a local one ??
I doubt Google would try on their own - they would team with someone else, possibly with an existing provider entity you might consider 'evil'.
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emptywig
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What would a fresh idea for running a telecom look like? I don't think Google has one.
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| said by emptywig :What would a fresh idea for running a telecom look like? I don't think Google has one. Service? Features? Value? |
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KrK
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The more competition, the more options, the better. |
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emptywig
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said by KrK :said by emptywig :What would a fresh idea for running a telecom look like? I don't think Google has one. Service? Features? Value? Hardly fresh ideas.
What new features? I mean, there are only so many things a phone can do.
I think Google needs to stay out of the phone biz. Stick with what you know.
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| said by emptywig :Hardly fresh ideas. Yeah, but we're talking fresh ideas to Telecom here...  |
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