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The cable distribution giants like Time Warner Cable and Comcast are already making a 97 percent margin on their “almost comically profitable” Internet services
by patrickk 14y ago
The cable distribution giants like Time Warner Cable and Comcast are already making a 97 percent margin on their “almost comically profitable” Internet services...
That's just begging to be disrupted. If Google or anyone else is willing to take half or one-third (etc.) that margin, they could offer vastly superior service and still turn a healthy profit.
- politician 14y agoThat's our tax dollars at work, we paid for the subsidies that built out these networks.
- hkmurakami 14y agoAnd the natural response of the incumbents, just like in any industry, unfortunately, will likely be legal blockades: >For example, in 2011, after the city of Wilson, North Carolina, built its own fast network—competing with existing carriers—the North Carolina legislature, amid industry lobbying, passed a law that made it harder for local governments to build networks and prevented Wilson from expanding its network beyond a county line, she said
- codexon 14y agoBut all the incumbents have to do is lower their price just a little bit lower than Google, and Google will never make a return on the billions spent on infrastructure. That is why Google doesn't really want to become an ISP.