I'm not so sure Google is buying dark fibre, to necessarily create their own internet, with the sole intent to only allow Google customers traffic.
Think of the other news out there related to telecom and you'll come across, Verizon setting aside large amounts of bandwidth on their network to their new IPTV offering. Leaving the rest of the bandwidth to be shared by the rest of the internet, including other IPTV providers.
Telecom, especially those that own the pipes or wires, are looking for service related subscription models. Currently, you pay a flat monthly fee, no matter how much you upload, download. In the future, you will pay for the internet as you use it. If you download a lot of music, video's or song, you will not only have to pay for the video or song, but the bandwidth necessary to download it.
So, it makes sense for a business to provide a contingency plan, especially if someone else controls the pipes and wires. It also provides users with an alternative.
So far so good, I wouldn't call Google evil yet, but I'm almost there. The grid computers and the Google box, does provide some people the ability to surf the web possibly for a lower cost in the future. It is expensive to most to purchase a computer and internet connection. Google may have the potential to bring that cost down, more than anyone. So with that, you know that the Google box will track your internet usage and provide you with some search related advertising. They can effectively do this much better than anyone, especially if they own the box and grid comps. However, that image still sticks with Google's main line of business, search related advertising.
So when do we call Google evil? I'd call them evil once they start charging internet websites like espn.com to appear on the new Google network. That's building a new business model around the network, with monopolistic characteristics, the same as verizon.
A lot of things need to fall in place for Verizon and Google to be evil and mainly they fight against each other to pass legislation that will help their cause. Both arguments have valid points, and it is the legislation written and how it is upheld, which will determine the future.
Books are a terrible format. But if so follow the steps to success below:
1) Avoid step by step instructions - remember that crick in your neck you get from looking down at a book and then at the computer screen, over and over again. That's why that crazy computer doctor and his CD is probably a better answer to learning computer than your book.
2) Advocate that the computer doctor is a qwack.
3) Have your friends give you a great product review on Amazon, because 10-1, people will think your book sucks no matter how hard you work on it.
4) Do not start from square one. Start with emailing somebody a message with an attachment in a different language. Most people who don't understand computers in the US have english as their second language and want to communicate with their relatives across seas, and the rest of their family members refuse to show them how to use a computer. Believe me, you can write a whole book on it, and I think that's good enough for Newbies.
5) Write the book in a different language, for the same reason as above.
6) Don't refer to other chapters. (Please refer to chapter 8 - noone goes here)
7) Use a character, write in the first-person illustrating the mental process, and somehow throw some adventure and sex into the narration.
8) Crack a non-computer joke, every 5 lines.
9) Do not give credit to anyone except those who helped you in the book.
10) No political commentary, but George Bush is a liar.
11) No business political commentary, who gives a hoot about sun, microsoft, google, I just want to send email damn it.
12) Proof-read the book, by a 55 year old poor immigrant. If he can understand it, you have succeeded.
The problem with patent's is that they are a blanket. Language in patent created by lawyers, is an attempt to blanket an idea, product, service, etc... The language in the patent dictates whats patented.
A patent needs to have more guidelines and restrictions. Just about anything can be pantented and in this world of information, the patented item does not need to be a hard tangible product.
Where is the needed legislation to change and modify patent law? Does anyone have the ability and knowledge domain to even propose this legislation? It covers a lot,/patent lawyer/corporate lawyer/civil lawyer/technology manager/technology engineer/information analyst/. You would need a freakin panel to even have the ability to propose intelligent legislation.
So the result, handle it case by case. This is not new news, and will continue to be not new news for a while.
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I'm not so sure Google is buying dark fibre, to necessarily create their own internet, with the sole intent to only allow Google customers traffic.
Think of the other news out there related to telecom and you'll come across, Verizon setting aside large amounts of bandwidth on their network to their new IPTV offering. Leaving the rest of the bandwidth to be shared by the rest of the internet, including other IPTV providers.
Telecom, especially those that own the pipes or wires, are looking for service related subscription models. Currently, you pay a flat monthly fee, no matter how much you upload, download. In the future, you will pay for the internet as you use it. If you download a lot of music, video's or song, you will not only have to pay for the video or song, but the bandwidth necessary to download it.
So, it makes sense for a business to provide a contingency plan, especially if someone else controls the pipes and wires. It also provides users with an alternative.
So far so good, I wouldn't call Google evil yet, but I'm almost there. The grid computers and the Google box, does provide some people the ability to surf the web possibly for a lower cost in the future. It is expensive to most to purchase a computer and internet connection. Google may have the potential to bring that cost down, more than anyone. So with that, you know that the Google box will track your internet usage and provide you with some search related advertising. They can effectively do this much better than anyone, especially if they own the box and grid comps. However, that image still sticks with Google's main line of business, search related advertising.
So when do we call Google evil? I'd call them evil once they start charging internet websites like espn.com to appear on the new Google network. That's building a new business model around the network, with monopolistic characteristics, the same as verizon.
A lot of things need to fall in place for Verizon and Google to be evil and mainly they fight against each other to pass legislation that will help their cause. Both arguments have valid points, and it is the legislation written and how it is upheld, which will determine the future.
Books are a terrible format. But if so follow the steps to success below: 1) Avoid step by step instructions - remember that crick in your neck you get from looking down at a book and then at the computer screen, over and over again. That's why that crazy computer doctor and his CD is probably a better answer to learning computer than your book. 2) Advocate that the computer doctor is a qwack. 3) Have your friends give you a great product review on Amazon, because 10-1, people will think your book sucks no matter how hard you work on it. 4) Do not start from square one. Start with emailing somebody a message with an attachment in a different language. Most people who don't understand computers in the US have english as their second language and want to communicate with their relatives across seas, and the rest of their family members refuse to show them how to use a computer. Believe me, you can write a whole book on it, and I think that's good enough for Newbies. 5) Write the book in a different language, for the same reason as above. 6) Don't refer to other chapters. (Please refer to chapter 8 - noone goes here) 7) Use a character, write in the first-person illustrating the mental process, and somehow throw some adventure and sex into the narration. 8) Crack a non-computer joke, every 5 lines. 9) Do not give credit to anyone except those who helped you in the book. 10) No political commentary, but George Bush is a liar. 11) No business political commentary, who gives a hoot about sun, microsoft, google, I just want to send email damn it. 12) Proof-read the book, by a 55 year old poor immigrant. If he can understand it, you have succeeded.
The problem with patent's is that they are a blanket. Language in patent created by lawyers, is an attempt to blanket an idea, product, service, etc... The language in the patent dictates whats patented.
/patent lawyer/corporate lawyer/civil lawyer/technology manager/technology engineer/information analyst/. You would need a freakin panel to even have the ability to propose intelligent legislation.
A patent needs to have more guidelines and restrictions. Just about anything can be pantented and in this world of information, the patented item does not need to be a hard tangible product.
Where is the needed legislation to change and modify patent law? Does anyone have the ability and knowledge domain to even propose this legislation? It covers a lot,
So the result, handle it case by case. This is not new news, and will continue to be not new news for a while.
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