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Looking at the outcome after the fact, it's very easy to attribute an action to some master plan to achieve that outcome indirectly. I prefer to believe that 99
by ariwilson 8y ago
Looking at the outcome after the fact, it's very easy to attribute an action to some master plan to achieve that outcome indirectly. I prefer to believe that 99% of the time, when someone says they're launching an ISP, they're doing it to become an ISP. Here's the initial Google Fiber blog post so you can judge for yourself:
https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-our-experimental.html https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/think-big-with-gig-o...
- leetcrew 8y agoi remember reading coverage of google fiber in tech publications when it first rolled out. even then they were describing it more as a "swift kick in the ass" to incumbent ISPs than a serious attempt to corner the market. it's like the early intel consumer ssds. intel never wanted to be a big (ie low margin) ssd vendor; they wanted to stimulate the other players to make faster storage to unbottleneck their processors. even your linked blog post seems to support this point. they conservatively couch the product as an "experiment". > We don't think we have all the answers – but through our trial, we hope to make a meaningful contribution to the shared goal of delivering faster and better Internet for everyone. does that sound like the PR blurb of a company that seriously intends to offer hi-speed internet to every person in america?