> Gmail is part of the chain of technology that lets me communicate, so I think a comparison with a telco is fair. And it's actually harder to switch to a seco

> Gmail is part of the chain of technology that lets me communicate, so I think a comparison with a telco is fair. And it's actually harder to switch to a secondary. With my ISP, if they cut me off I can fall back on my cell provider within minutes. I have no such failover for my Google services.