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Or when forced to pay for access to Facebook that is not rate limited people may not use Facebook as much....
by 2close4comfort 9y ago
Or when forced to pay for access to Facebook that is not rate limited people may not use Facebook as much....
- agumonkey 9y agoI'm still betting amazon and fb will start making their own pipes
- toomuchtodo 9y agoHow will they succeed where Google couldn't? https://gizmodo.com/what-happened-to-google-fiber-1792440779 https://gizmodo.com/what-happened-to-google-fiber-1792440779 http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article110655177.html http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article1106... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/google-fiber-laying-off-9-of-staff-will-pause-plans-for-10-cities/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/googl... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/26/google-fiber-internet-stops-alphabet-layoffs https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/26/google-fi...
- lallysingh 9y agoThe stakes are going to be higher, so perhaps they're willing to put up the $$ (in shameless bribes to local councilmembers, etc.) to do it.
- 2close4comfort 9y agoThey were just waiting until they needed it. They didn't fail they were just playing a different game. Now there is money to be made in sniffing all that additional traffic. Plus the last administration was on their side and that seems to have changed.
- agumonkey 9y agoBecause people still had a bit of faith in the system. Now they might get a little more wind blowing their way
- toomuchtodo 9y agoI have zero confidence in tech companies deploying broadband or last mile internet infrastructure, but I do have faith in municipal broadband taking off in communities with activists supporting it. You don't need FANG deep pockets when you can issue your own muni bonds to fund the network deployment. https://muninetworks.org/communitymap https://muninetworks.org/communitymap
- agumonkey 9y agoSee this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0u6nvcTsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0u6nvcTsI Detroit communities building wireless networks from scratch. Hackerlabs style.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoRural UK wired broadband network: https://b4rn.org.uk/ https://b4rn.org.uk/ I'm not against home made networks (see: your Detroit youtube video), but you need more formality (ownership entities, local gov partnership/sponsorship) to ensure a high level of service, community buy in, and financing.
- 2close4comfort 9y agoTOTALLY!!! And Google already has some stake in dark fiber in my state.
- agumonkey 9y agoSomehow I forgot the Google Fiber experiment.. time for a sequel
- sjg007 9y agoMaybe Google, Amazon, FB could sponsor municipal broadband projects.
- tmzt 9y agoGoogle is already an investor in SpaceX's cluster sat network, very low orbit so much better latency as well as mesh interconnects avoiding groundstations for forwarding information.
- krrrh 9y agoIt was apparently part of a pre-existing plan, but to your point Facebook is way ahead on taking advantage of whatever we are calling the opposite of net-neutrality. Their zero-rating deals with mobile operators in India are a prime example, as is the whole internet.org project.
- 2close4comfort 9y agoIt will be interesting remember that BGP "error" that Google caused Japan to drop off the internet things will really get fun!!! I can't wait for the offensive corporate tactics that will come into play to counter those deals. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/27/google_routing_blunder_sent_japans_internet_dark/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/27/google_routing_blun...