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Verizon makes roughly $100 billion a year off of internet subscription revenue, and collects immense amounts of user data. If Google went through all the inves
by georgeglue1 8y ago
Verizon makes roughly $100 billion a year off of internet subscription revenue, and collects immense amounts of user data.
If Google went through all the investment to build an ISP, bid on spectrum, etc., it'd be silly for Google to at least not cautiously/optimistically aim for the main prize of the market.
It seems more likely that competition was too costly, and it was fine falling back on the modest goal of prodding the market forward.
- chongli 8y agoDeleted.
- profmonocle 8y agoAre you sure about "most"? Google has an extensive backbone network, but they didn't have fiber to every house in every neighborhood they offer service in.
- walrus01 8y agoNo, this is incorrect, they spent a ton of money and time building new last mile aerial fiber. Don't confuse long haul dark fiber IRUs with the last mile access layer of the network.