Comments on: Google Oozes Connectivity

By: Jason L

Jason L — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:08:29 +0000

As long as it’s necropost week, I hereby officially eat crow. Time for a new motto, I guess.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:51:06 +0000

Yeah, that's the really awesome part of Google - they're smart idealists. They find ways of doing good that also do well.

By: Mr Dan

Mr Dan — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:24:50 +0000

I think when you connect to their Internet you get Google Ads. Not sure how though, but i think you do.

So lets for a second say that 10% of people in San Francisco decide to use this Wireless Internet, which they will, because it's free. Looking up on the net that equals 3,500,000 using their service. That's 3,500,000 looking at ads. They then sell the ad space for lots of money to big companies, naturally.

So it's not exactly an entirely self-less act. Although it is still entirely great. I just wouldn't say they were doing it for the good of mankind or anything.

If they end up repeating the process in other cities it just adds to their list of users. Eventually so many people will be connecting to their networks that Google could switch to their own version of the Internet entirely.

By: roBurky

roBurky — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:36:01 +0000

Wow.

That is amazing and super-good. Considering the hotel in my nearby town charges Ã‚Â£5 an hour for use of its wireless internet access, I’m pretty shocked at this.

By: craigp

craigp — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:53:04 +0000

*Googles for Tom’s tale of ballooning*.