



I.  Google Takes to the Television -- Again




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III. Could Google Cable go Nationwide?



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Cable subscriptions could be the next addition to YouTube.


Source: WSJ

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RE: Yes please!
By Solandri on 11/6/2011 12:14:03 PM , Rating: 1
We don't have a free market in the US. We have conniving companies that limit competition. I'd rather the government sell me my internet.

Your political axe to grind is showing. Both business and government are complicit in this. It was the government that gave those companies exclusivity deals thus limiting competition. That's why in most places in the U.S. you have a "choice" of one local phone company and one cable TV company.

If the government truly wanted competition, all they had to do was refuse to grant an exclusivity deal. No need for them to start their own ISP.

Exclusivity deals sort of made sense in the 1970s, when different media and different companies used different transmission standards. You didn't want to clutter up your telephone poles with wires from a dozen phone companies and half dozen cable TV companies. But today, almost all networks are packet switched, meaning you can transmit any type of data over the same network.

If the government is going to get into anything, they should create a network utility company which simply lays down fiber network lines to each home but does not offer service. Then they should allow anyone to sell you phone, TV, and/or internet service over that fiber at a fixed price. The company that owns the fiber should never be allowed to offer service, and vice versa.

