Google Won't Pay Bell South

grandgator writes "Google has offered a clear response to Bell South's proposal to charge content providers an additional fee for access to their network: They won't pay. In an email, Google's Barry Schnitt told the folks at networkingpipeline: 'Google is not discussing sharing of the costs of broadband networks with any carrier. We believe consumers are already paying to support broadband access to the Internet through subscription fees and, as a result, consumers should have the freedom to use this connection without limitations'"

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[gQuigs]

Google is Good today.

Re:Way to Stand up for us all

[kfg]

. . .the value of a company isn't the same as the value of its tangible assets.

Because. . .it has loyal customers, who have a cash value that the buyer is willing to pay to acquire It is not just some accounting fiction dreamed up to deal with someone mysteriously paying more for a company than it's worth, Good Will is the explanation for why it is worth more than its tangible assests.

If Google manages to generate a huge amount of the non-accounting, karmic Good Will through its actions, that doesn't mean it gets to increase the goodwill number in its quarterly report.

Is not Google for sale on the open market? Look at its stock price. Compare that to its tangible assests.

KFG

Re:Way to Stand up for us all

[kfg]

Show of hands:

How many people here have purchase Google stock because they liked Google?

AHA!

KFG