



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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By Shig on 11/4/2011 2:54:05 PM , Rating: 2
I would honestly buy this simply to say F U to AT&T and Comcast. The American telecom industry is almost as corrupt as the fossil fuel industry.

Which country has the fastest and cheapest broadband? South Korea. In 1999 their government FORCED the telecoms to open their networks and allow competition. Now they have 50mbps+ fiber available to almost everyone, with no data caps, for around 25$ a month. The facts are there in clear black and white.

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By Mitch101 on 11/4/2011 3:16:00 PM , Rating: 5
Its Close:

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By tecknurd on 11/4/2011 10:10:16 PM , Rating: 2
You missed one important thing in your expenses is who provides your high speed Internet service. High speed Internet service in the US costs about $65 to $70 per month, so your $14 will be $80 to $85 per month.

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By weskurtz0081 on 11/6/2011 12:51:59 AM , Rating: 2
Damn man, $65-$70 a month? I never pay more than $50 for high speed internet!

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By Zirconium on 11/6/2011 9:58:04 AM , Rating: 2
Not everywhere. I've lived in several areas and have never paid more than $40/month for just internet - the least was $15 for 1.5mbps naked DSL, which wouldn't be enough for streaming, but I'm currently paying $30 for 20mbps. This is also a fixed cost for many, particularly those who read this site.

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By augiem on 11/6/2011 1:16:45 PM , Rating: 2
On comcast, you can only get $30/mo for a limited time promo deal and then you're kicked up to $60. If you're referring to some deal like that, it's a little bit slanted.

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By nafhan on 11/7/2011 9:19:30 AM , Rating: 2
Agree with the others... I'm paying $45 for FiOS. Previously, I was paying about $50 for DSL + home phone. So, I'm guessing you're talking about cable internet. I've seen similar costs in my area for cable internet when it's not bundled with other services.

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By AntiM on 11/4/2011 3:26:49 PM , Rating: 2
If Google could just roll out the high speed fiber, I would be happy. I'll gladly take high speed internet over TV anytime. I don't see that they would need to negotiate with Viacom or ESPN or Disney or anyone else. Don't worry about the TV, just give me the internet connection.

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By someguy123 on 11/4/2011 3:57:24 PM , Rating: 2
Agreed. I don't understand why they're going for cable television when TV networks have been struggling for years thanks to the internet. Meanwhile google's bread and butter is their internet advertising/data mining.

I would pay good money for smooth, consistent fiber access, if only it were available.

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By mcnabney on 11/7/2011 9:43:43 AM , Rating: 3
While some TV networks have been struggling, cable providers have had to lease more dump trucks to haul the flow of cash to the bank.

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By XZerg on 11/4/2011 3:28:03 PM , Rating: 3
You do realize that South Korea's area compared to US is smaller by a factor of 100 - 100,000km^2 vs 10,000,000km^2? To make matters worse, the population there is 50M vs 300M in US. Overall it would be "cheaper" to implement and upgrade technologies in South Korea than in US.

The above doesn't stop US from technically upgrading the core cities to such speeds and so for this the telecoms should be looked down upon.

Another thing is SK acknowledge and embraced technology whereas US just does not seem to know what it wants to embrace - superpower, oil, technology, ... It is trying to do all but at the same time given that most of the politicians are either funded by companies with vested interest or are part of such companies, they have their political bullcrap to maintain. And this is why it fails to push the country ahead in any of the goals.

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By Flunk on 11/4/2011 3:56:02 PM , Rating: 2
Don't you know that America is the "Best Country that God Ever Gave Man in the History of the World"? Of course everything there should be better than South Korea! Reality can't possibly stand in the way of that!

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"I can dig where you're coming from."

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By sigmatau on 11/4/2011 8:04:37 PM , Rating: 5
Wow, same tired, old, horrible argument.

So why don't high densely populated have much higher speed internet for a lower price? We are literally paying 5-10x as much as the Koreans for what we are getting.

So please, for the geography major, tell us why NY City, Chicago, LA, etc. don't have this kind of internet, at this price, with no caps?

We don't have to hook everyone up at the start. We begin with the high pop areas and go from there. 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.

But hey, keep supporting these slimeballs.

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By someguy123 on 11/4/2011 9:14:07 PM , Rating: 2
Did you even read his post? He addressed that.

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By Doh! on 11/5/2011 3:25:20 AM , Rating: 2
Eh, yes S.Korea has lightening fast internet service at a much lower price. I am currently living in Korea. I pay about $40 for HD cable tv and an internet service so fast that downloading a BR movie takes only few minutes. Downloading a sitcom episode literally takes few seconds.
But guess what. I miss a lot of amenities and conveniences that Chicago (my home town) or NYC (where I'd lived for 10 yrs) provides. I also miss "cheaper" or much lower cost cars, houses, mobile phone bills, gasoline, etc. You can't have'em all.

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By HoosierEngineer5 on 11/5/2011 11:57:16 AM , Rating: 2
The typical response - 'Just move', to Korea, in this instance.

Those of us with NO access to broadband are used to it.

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By Solandri on 11/6/2011 12:14:03 PM , Rating: 1

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.

