samrocks
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join:2003-07-30 | I wonder how cable and dsl are going to react?
I just know this won't go down without a fight from the cable and dsl companies because they will lose business to google. |
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HotRodFoto
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join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO | they can fight all they wanna, but in the end Google will win. It's a given.
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | You pay for what u get. |
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Industry_Pro
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You don't have to wonder - here is a quote from MaBell's spokesbot: (this oughta crack you guys up - it did me!)
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SBC spokesman John Britton said his company encourages competition but believes that governments should seek greater investment from private companies to increase broadband service. He said San Francisco already was served by SBC and enjoyed more than 400 free Wi-Fi hotspots, more than any other city in the country.
"We feel there is already widespread broadband available today," Britton said.
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that's in this article on sfgate:
»www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c···6KG1.DTL
By "greater investment from private companies" of course, he means more goverment handouts and subsidies to Bell. 100+ years later, they're singing the *same* tune they always have, and it's mostly worked for them so far !
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LaZ3R
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join:2003-01-17
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Agreed. Fighting will do crap because Google is offering something free and if ISP's in the area have a problem with that, Tuff luck I guess because it's Google's choice as to how they want to price it.
Google is awesome! 
Wish I lived in SF 
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by HotRodFoto  :they can fight all they wanna, but in the end Google will win. It's a given. Nothings cheaper than FREE. unless theres a high price to pay like proprietary software riddled with spyware like most isps used to have. how are they going to deliver these ads????????
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HotRodFoto
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Denver, CO
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said by brooklynman4 :You pay for what u get. ya kinda like instant messenger clients lol
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gpancner
join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA | reply to LaZ3R
Stay up north with the free healthcare. Because nothing is free and we taxpayers don't need anymore free-riders. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
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| said by gpancner :Stay up north with the free healthcare. Because nothing is free and we taxpayers don't need anymore free-riders. You got that damn straight!
We (down here w/no healthcare) prefer electing governments that put us deeper in debt year after year 
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marigolds
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join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
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said by samrocks :I just know this won't go down without a fight from the cable and dsl companies because they will lose business to google. Until google offers television services, the cable companies won't care. Cable internet is not much of a money maker by itself.
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