Comments on: Google WiFi, Take Two

By: Allen Tsai - Technology in Motion » Google vs. Motorola - Is Google Getting into the Cell Phone Biz?

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:26:53 +0000

[...] ve even been reports Google has plans for purchasing tons of dark fiber in preparation for GoogleNet. Whether this is part of Google’s grand scheme, no one outside the GooglePlex [...]

By: Dwars door Amsterdam!

Dwars door Amsterdam! — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:02:47 +0000

Nog even en offline is uit

We kijken straks digitale tv via internet, chatten en telefoneren via Skype, het nieuwe Google Talk of een andere voice over ip-dienst en zullen steeds vaker lokale informatie gebruiken die is gebaseerd op diensten met als basis Google Maps, Google...

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:32:02 +0000

I think the implications here might be way bigger than we're thinking.

Looking way into the future it's not inconceivable that we could all be connected to one another using Google Apps, on a Google Device, over a Google wireless network. That sounds a bit like Teilhard de Chardin's Noosphere.

From news.bbc.co.uk: "We are going to try to be the first in the world to connect everyone to everyone" Georges Harik, Google

When Google buys a brain implant business it will get really interesting.

By: A Vora

A Vora — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:26:06 +0000

Could this be the first big step by Google towards a web-based OS? This might be a long shot but here is my reasoning...

One of the major hurdles for web-based OSes is the QoS. If a company can gaurantee a particular level of QoS I do not see why web-based OS is not feasible. With Google being the ISP they can easily gaurantee this (assuming that in the next 4-5 years wireless technology can provide a reliable QoS model).

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:46:54 +0000

i agree :-)

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:46:20 +0000

I’m not sure being involved with Cometa should add to a person’s credibility . . .

By: Scott Rafer

Scott Rafer — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:35:58 +0000

The owner of Bucks explained it perfectly in January 2003. Paraphrase — It’s not a communications service, it’s a retail amenity.

Direct Quote — “Charging for the online usage would be, for me, like charging for salt and pepper.”

http://www.rafer.net/blog/000012.html

By: Sumit Chachra

Sumit Chachra — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:20:53 +0000

Well done Om. I think you deserve full credit for that story and this analysis of The Times story…. Its becoming obvious that Google is going to be coming out with something big (and surprising) in the next year or so…. I would bet my money on the lines you are thinking though (not the space elevator!!)