[155778] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fair Use Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy Hess)
Wed Aug 22 21:05:37 2012
In-Reply-To: <2C94C112-17A6-4A96-BF69-B82A47C9F673@seattlefenix.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:05:04 -0500
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
To: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattlefenix.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 8/22/12, Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattlefenix.net> wrote:
> Yeah, totally can't be done. It especially can't be done profitably.
Google can afford to start almost any project they want, and they are
in a unique position to negotiate peering and access to a ton of
bandwidth, with their Youtube, Google Search et al. As to whether it
will be profitable, well, obviously, that is their claim. It's yet to
be demonstrated.
I gotta reject the idea that broadband providers should be required to
follow in Google's footsteps though.
For now, Google fiber is another risky experiment, that could have a
great payout if successful, or could be shuttered within a year or so,
or fees/rate incs tacked on, when they figure out just what a mess
they have gotten into.
> http://fiber.google.com/
> http://gigaom.com/2012/07/26/the-economics-of-google-fiber-and-what-it-means-for-u-s-broadband/
>
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-JH
