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Google seems to be conspicuously absent. It's terrible to be cynical, but can't help feeling like this is just a reaction to project loon. Basically a banding
by zmmmmm 13y ago
Google seems to be conspicuously absent.
It's terrible to be cynical, but can't help feeling like this is just a reaction to project loon. Basically a banding together of companies who might see Loon as a threat, to offer some kind of alternative that they are in control of instead of Google.
However unlike Loon, reading the entire page I can't see anything solid they will actually do - develop better compression algorithms? Introduce "business models"? That's it? It sounds suspiciously weak.
- ihsw 13y agoFacebook is an investor in the Asia Pacific Gateway[1], and, despite the minuscule size of the Wikipedia article, it stands to reason that the project will be very big for the SEA region. Their interest in providing internet to as many people as possible isn't new, however Facebook's "internet for everybody" initiative is indeed unexpected. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Pacific_Gateway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Pacific_Gateway
- s3r3nity 13y agoThis is of a large enough magnitude that I'm suspicious it could be something created out of the Project Loon announcement in terms of timing. Also, given that Facebook's mission is to "Make the world more open and connected," this is just the next logical step to me. Not everyone has extra billions hanging around that Google does, and therefore FB + partners need another method to pull it off.