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re 1: The more people on the Internet, the more potential google customers, and eyeballs on their ads.
by andypants 14y ago
re 1: The more people on the Internet, the more potential google customers, and eyeballs on their ads.
- wmf 14y agoAre those ads going to pay for the $1,000 of equipment that Google gives you?
- towelrod 14y agoWhat $1,000 worth of equipment? The "free" tier only comes with a network box, and it has a $300 "construction fee". $300 should pretty easily pay for what looks like a wireless router.
- sp332 14y agoThat doesn't include (at least transparently): actually running the fiber to your house, getting permits to run the fiber through various properties along the way, installing and maintaining switches routers amplifiers etc to give you the service, etc.
- swalsh 14y agoIt would seem like that is subsidized by the paying users.
- notatoad 14y agoGoogle's total revenue from advertising in Q2 2012 was 10.5 Billion dollars. so yes, those ads can definitely pay for a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment.
- espeed 14y agoDon't forget the sales Google will get from all the movies and media people will buy from Google Play.
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