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No, they don't expect to make money off of it. They expect other ISPs to lower their prices dramatically/speed up their service like AOL did after the Kansas ro
by batgaijin 14y ago
No, they don't expect to make money off of it. They expect other ISPs to lower their prices dramatically/speed up their service like AOL did after the Kansas rollout.
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2012-12-12/Features/Time_Warner_Cable_Boosts_Download_Speed.html http://www.qgazette.com/news/2012-12-12/Features/Time_Warner...
- daeken 14y ago> like AOL did FYI, AOL and Time Warner have no relationship at all -- they were spun out in 2009. Time Warner Cable is yet another separate entity from Time Warner as well (as of 2009). Totally independent.
- batgaijin 14y agoHuh, didn't know that. Thanks!
- ColinDabritz 14y agoI think this is exactly what "pretty indirect routes" means though. They give away WiFi here, ISPs lower prices and increase speeds, consumers have more bandwidth and lower barriers to entry, they use a lot more web services and use them in new ways, which means a lot more people using Google services. They make the pie bigger, everyone online wins, especially Google. And they make money from those services. Very clever.