[GRLUG] NOT LINUX

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Mon Sep 10 2012 01:40:59 PM EDT, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:

> On 09/10/2012 01:39 PM, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> > On Mon Sep 10 2012 11:43:47 AM EDT, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > > September 13. For $70 per month, residents can get Gigabit Internet,
> > > and for $120 per month, they can get Gigabit Internet service plus
> > > TV. There's even a "free" Internet tier with 5Mbps down and 1Mbps
> > > up. The free tier requires a one-time construction fee of $300 or 12
> > > monthly payments of $25, but Google guarantees the free service for
> > > seven years. **
> > > 
> > > About the same price the rest of
> > > us pay for about 3% of that bandwidth.
> > > 
> > > I wonder where Google with go with
> > > this next?     i.e., if that $70 represents
> > > a true service price, I'd think the door
> > > would be open to many other cities,
> > > on the way to creating Google Net.
> > > 
> > > Even that "free" service works out to
> > > about $45 a year, or less if Google
> > > extends it.
> > Google's primary business is selling ads.   To sell ads more
> > effectively they try to know as much about you as possible.   Would you
> > really want them being able to see *all* of you data traffic?   This is
> > a real conflict of interest (if you believe in the principles of
> > net-neutrality).
> 
> Isn't this what Comcast and everyone else do already?   is it worse?

Comcast's primary business is not selling advertising.  Therein lies a huge difference.
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john-thomas
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