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Google, if you are reading, and I know you are, don't skip my neighborhood. We are in Raleigh technically, but right on the edge of Wake Forest.
If you include me, you will get much easier access to my data than you have now. No more of that pesky sharing with TWC - it's all yours, right from the pipe. You'll get to see everything I do. It's probably not that exciting, but it sure saves the NSA a lot of decryption time.
Oh, and you can ignore what I do late at night. What happens in the dark, stays in the dark...amiright?
It takes cash to compete with an entrenched monopoly.
Basically, you have one near monopolistic company competing with a tired vulnerable monopoly, with money brought from their other highly profitable business enterprises.
And, they cherry pick, picking and choosing whom they will serve. Rumor has it they are skipping Hillsborough.
Is their pricing based on gaining a 19.24% profit margin, as in the balance of their business? It actually looks as much like ruinous pricing as it does a for-profit business enterprise. They do have the edge of not having legacy debt incurred during price controls while investing in massive infrastructure development and routine replacement of aged out equipment.
But, GOOG has a fan base, developed via offering very profitable "free" stuff, and they will leverage that fan base greatly.
I'm taking a wait-and-see approach on this. First, I have to admit I don't have much familiarity with what Google will have to offer. I don't really need that much more internet speed (TWC standard seems adequate for what I need) - although a lower price would be wonderful. It would be interesting to see what they offer in terms of television - but I don't really need more channels. I'd rather get an à la carte approach on just the channels I want - again price is more of an issue than content. The unknown, of course, is how much TWC will step up their game, and what other providers like Dish/SlingTV, HBO Go, Netflix, etc will be offering that isn't tied to a cable package.
I too am glad, but its a sure sign of the sorry state of things in the Telco sector when people are this dang excited over a new internet provider....
It's more than just another ISP option, it's a ridiculously superior option. Plus, and for me this is an even bigger factor, I'm finally going to be free of any cable-based service; that makes me all tingly inside.
I'm taking a wait-and-see approach on this. First, I have to admit I don't have much familiarity with what Google will have to offer. I don't really need that much more internet speed (TWC standard seems adequate for what I need) - although a lower price would be wonderful. It would be interesting to see what they offer in terms of television - but I don't really need more channels. I'd rather get an à la carte approach on just the channels I want - again price is more of an issue than content. The unknown, of course, is how much TWC will step up their game, and what other providers like Dish/SlingTV, HBO Go, Netflix, etc will be offering that isn't tied to a cable package.
That makes sense. I just hate TWC and we don't have cable TV. We just want it for the Internet speed.
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As I type, the stupid picture I get from Time Warner is going in and out, and pixilating my CBS Evening News. I already rebooted the box this morning because the guide was unavailable. Google Fiber, I eagerly await ye
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