said by openbox9:said by sonicmerlin:That would be an infinitely better investment than the $10+ billion it's dumped into Android.
Except for the additional billions of dollars Google would need to invest to make Clearwire worthwhile. There's a reason Clearwire is dangling in its fiscal state. Besides, I honestly don't believe Google wants to be an ISP.
said by openbox9:said by sonicmerlin:That would be an infinitely better investment than the $10+ billion it's dumped into Android.
Except for the additional billions of dollars Google would need to invest to make Clearwire worthwhile. There's a reason Clearwire is dangling in its fiscal state. Besides, I honestly don't believe Google wants to be an ISP.
said by openbox9:said by sonicmerlin:That would be an infinitely better investment than the $10+ billion it's dumped into Android.
Except for the additional billions of dollars Google would need to invest to make Clearwire worthwhile. There's a reason Clearwire is dangling in its fiscal state. Besides, I honestly don't believe Google wants to be an ISP.
said by openbox9:said by sonicmerlin:That would be an infinitely better investment than the $10+ billion it's dumped into Android.
Except for the additional billions of dollars Google would need to invest to make Clearwire worthwhile. There's a reason Clearwire is dangling in its fiscal state. Besides, I honestly don't believe Google wants to be an ISP.
Clearwire makes its own money. They've already turned the corner in turns of revenue and profit, and they continue to grow their subscriber base at a torrid pace- something like 20% last quarter. Now all they need is about $1 billion to convert to LTE. Google makes three times that much in one quarter of profit. They could easily make Clear a nationwide ISP. Not to mention the massive value of the huge amount of spectrum Clear holds.
As for customer support, why would Google need to integrate the company? They would leave it running independently, just like Motorola.
Given the lack of competition in the market Clear has a very high probability of succeeding with the proper financial backing.