Would the Net Neutrality debate flip-flop if Google owned the rights to their own broadband spectrum? What would Google do with their own “Open Wireless Network”? They won’t be able to stop a Senate Judiciary Sub Committee from getting testimony from Google Execs regarding their DoubleClick purchase but they might be able to give away a lot of bandwidth to the people that need it most -everyone.
As Larry Irving pointed out last week, we’re a a huge bandwidth deficit compared to other developing countries. If the current list of bandwidth providers can’t deliver, let’s let some web 2.0 companies in there to speed things up.
Some kids with their own startups participating in a panel at the recent, Mashup 2007 conference say that email is dead. They use social apps to communicate with friends. Read more at News.com. If the kids have it right, what would they do with an “Open Wireless Network”?
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Further Reading…
Could Google kill the cell phone industry?
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9747799-17.html?tag=blgfd.featured
Google commits $4.6 billion to wireless-spectrum auction
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9747716-7.html?tag=bl
Google Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition Requirements*
http://googlepress.blogspot.com/index.html#3360437153522502744
The FCC Needs To Listen To Google
Amid Spectrum, Google Becomes The White Knight
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/07/20/amid-spectrum-google-becomes-the-white-knight
Jul 20, 2007 (3 days ago) Google Funds Ubiquisys’s Femtocells
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/07/20/google-funds-ubiquisys-s-femtocells
Congress to examine Google-DoubleClick deal
http://news.com.com/Congress+to+examine+Google-DoubleClick+deal/2100-1028_3-6197547.html?tag=cd.top
Google lobbies for ‘open’ wireless networks
http://news.com.com/Google+lobbies+for+open+wireless+networks/2100-1039_3-6190863.html
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/