Comments on: Is Google asking the FCC to allow gigabit Wi-Fi for its gigabit network? http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/ Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Derek Kerton http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/#comment-807936 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:51:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=480318#comment-807936 So let me make sure I understand your criticism of Stacey here: You say it is over-conjecture of her to propose that Google might have asked the FCC for permission to test wifi ac. That notion seems wrong to you.

And yet, you then say that Google probably already did that very same thing: “I should imagine Google already has any licenses it needs to test experimental transmission technologies”.

Some people undermine their arguments as they ramble on, but it takes a true master to undermine his own arguments in subsequent sentences.

The answer to your confusion is hidden in the indented quote from Google’s FCC application “Google Fiber seeks to test Bluetooth and Wi-Fi protocols and performance…”

]]> By: Derek Kerton http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/#comment-807930 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:38:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=480318#comment-807930 …as was supersonic flight, reaching the moon, CDMA technology, sailing around the flat world, etc. Many great ideas need leaders to suss them out. Often they fail…but even in failure society learns lessons. Sometimes they succeed, and the gains are formidable. And in this case, Google takes all the risk.

Your point is silly, anyway. If Google is willing to invest in the last mile gig network, do you suggest that their engineers were not clever enough to have thought of “shared server” congestion? And do you think that problem is unsolvable?

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/#comment-806180 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:59:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=480318#comment-806180 On the 100 Mbps cable broadband networks of today, the networks are not the bottleneck for any mainstream use, the shared servers are. This exercise is a waste of time and money.

]]> By: Menno Aartsen http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/#comment-805611 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=480318#comment-805611 It is likely Google asked for FCC permission because it owns a CLEC, and will probably want their unregistered device to connect to the telephone network, for which it would need permission. I should imagine Google already has any licenses it needs to test experimental transmission technologies, if that even needs a license. I class your conclusion as over-conjecture.

]]> By: quickgamer88 http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/#comment-805595 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:16:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=480318#comment-805595 Reblogged this on quickgamer88 and commented:
Google is at it agin what next buy water ways for there network?

]]> By: Ernie Johnston http://gigaom.com/2012/02/03/is-google-asking-the-fcc-to-allow-gigabit-wi-fi-for-its-gigabit-network/#comment-805556 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:19:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=480318#comment-805556 Me too!(US7831250) This would allow not only low cost per bit mobile data but also the delivery of the bandwidth hog Video to Fixed AND Mobile devices where ever they are in the footprint. It would offload the Cellular Wireless services and their Carriers in Metro areas, lowering our expenses. Most importantly, combining Fiber Fixed & Mobile, Video & Data in one huge pipe means that revenue increases to the point that Fiber-To-The-Home & Small to Medium-sized Businesses is PROFITABLE so it can be deployed! http:iNet2.Tv eJ

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