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Who cares about the rest of the world? Everyone = the USA in the eyes of Google.
by pierrefar 16y ago
Who cares about the rest of the world? Everyone = the USA in the eyes of Google.
- melling 16y agoI was going to say that...or I was going to say that it's probably just simpler to open to one market where all issues are resolved then open it to other markets as issues in those markets become resolved. Can't decide which one sounds more logical. Were Gmail, Picasa, Buzz, Wave, and Google Docs available only in the US first when they were first released?
- jarek 16y agoNo, but none of these require dealing with telcos and probably governments.
- Alex63 16y agoThat's the key point. It's hard enough dealing with one regulatory environment, and one set of threatened incumbents.
- borism 16y agoSkype was available Worldwide since launch, my dear US friends!
- Alex63 16y agoBut, unless I am mistaken, Skype does not represent the same threat that GV does. Skype does not offer services like voicemail and personal hunt-groups that potentially undermine telco value-added services.
- s3graham 16y agoThere'a no SkypeIn in Canada, I'm sure we're not the only forsaken country. (Or has the CRTC really screwed us that bad?)
- detst 16y agoAlso, it probably doesn't help that calls to non-US mobile phones come with ridiculously high per-minute rates. (Often 10-15 times as much.)