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January 17, 2005 3:16 PM
Dark Fiber?
Cnet investigates whether Google might be up to something. I dunno. This is starting to feel like overcoverage. But then again, we're all interested...
- Posted by John Battelle on January 17, 2005 3:16 PM
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» Wild Speculation On Google Internet Phone Service Launch? from Search Engine Watch Blog
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This is silly. Google isn't getting into the telecommunications business. They are, but not as a service provider in any way.
Google is #3 in the Alexa Traffic Rank. So they have to buy bandwidth. A lot of bandwidth. A site operator at that scale negotiates their own peer agreements with service providers, usually at their own terms because their users want to visit them efficiently. This requires, in some cases, that they extend the reach of their data center.
Google should and will diversify its revenue model. They remember the Netscape's doom and they won't repeat the same mistake. The advertising model won't be enough in the future. Why? The click fraud and the new aggressive players in the search field are the main threats. Google Mini is part of the transformational process. What's next? Can we say Google Broadband?
http://divedi.blogspot.com/2005/01/google-broadband-2.html
Google reportedly has 250,000 Linux servers distributed worldwide. Running a new application on those servers like, oh, Asterix should not be a really difficult problem. It's clear that the vast majority of "the world's information" which Google is determined to search is user-created content (see the Hal Varian SIMS Berkeley study, etc. ad nauseum) and it's clear first with GMail and now with Desktop that Google wants to get into the personal communications data exhaust space. Why not Google Voice, AKA the Extended Conversation? There are sooooo many opportunities to profitably and beneficially combine the email paradigm, search paradigm, and voice (over IP) conversations for personal and business applications. This is inevitable over the medium-term (10 years) and the only question is whether Google is doing it now, or will do it later, and what the telcos will do to respond. More on my blog, URL above.
Ross,
Google could EASILY be getting into the WiMax space, via a franchise model and unlicensed spectrum...
And/or via partnerships w/ TV networks, who control valuable licensed spectrum...
Read some back issues of Cringely's column to get a feel for the possibilities...
The Sunday Times are saying Google is getting into VOIP. I wonder was it from reading this blog ? :)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1454225,00.html
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