Google Offers Free Wireless to its Hometown
Posted by cashman on 17 August 2006 - 14:40 · 19 comments & 10941 views
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#1 Posted by status-seeker on 17 Aug 2006 - 14:51
- Wow.. Google is really taking over the world!
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#2 Posted by PC OwNz on 17 Aug 2006 - 14:55
- damn, love to work for google
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#3 Posted by C_Guy on 17 Aug 2006 - 15:11
- Wow, Internet access, maps, spreadsheets, blogging, checkout service, they do it all!
Oh my GOD! Did you know you can also search the whole Internet with Google? Wow, I totally forgot!
Just don't say you are "Googling", they get really mad.
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#4 Posted by Samboini on 17 Aug 2006 - 15:15
- It is only 1mb, but for free that is quite something!
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#4.1 Posted by InsaneNutter on 17 Aug 2006 - 16:04
- Thats plenty to Surf, Im, Email, use remote desktop... you can pratically be connect to your home netwok anywhere in that town now, the UK need some stuff like that! Some people will never need to pay for the internet again.
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#5 Posted by zerolimit on 17 Aug 2006 - 15:27
- WOW NICE! wish we could get that here in souther cali
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#6 Posted by ThePitt on 17 Aug 2006 - 15:39
- and they log everthing. The free stuff from google are always expensive in privacy terms
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#6.1 Posted by billyea on 17 Aug 2006 - 16:51
- I've heard this so many times and I don't care anymore. Just use their service.
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#6.2 Posted by markjensen on 17 Aug 2006 - 17:07
- And so does AOL, MSN... You get the idea.
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#7 Posted by HoochieMamma on 17 Aug 2006 - 15:53
- Please Google, for the sake of everyone here in Australia I BEG for you to come here and do a similar thing in the capitol cities. We NEED some sort of competition here, please
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#8 Posted by hotdog963al on 17 Aug 2006 - 16:13
- Next, the entire planet, then we're sorted!
Down with Dial-Up.
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#9 Posted by Cyranthus on 17 Aug 2006 - 16:30
- just 1megabit? that sucks!
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#10 Posted by Quick Shot on 17 Aug 2006 - 16:44
- 1megabit might suck but it's free.
i only have a 768kbit connection and i have to pay $15
haha
is it going to be free in all areas? lets say if they come to nj
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#11 Posted by leesmithg on 17 Aug 2006 - 16:47
- Move over Microsoft, Google is coming past you!
It will go belly up, some monopoly commission will try and fine them.
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#12 Posted by SimplyPotatoes on 17 Aug 2006 - 17:50
- they need to introduce a pay service so they can battle all the lawsuits they are going to get .
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#13 Posted by Matteh on 17 Aug 2006 - 18:06
- Id love for more places to have this, even the 300k add tier.
If im away, I dont really want to have to pay to use the BT wifi thing just to check emails and IM. Call me cheap! :p
While Mountain View has been a small project for Google, it looks like San Francisco could be next on the map to receive free broadband, but for now Mountain View remains the testing ground for Google's new venture. In San Francisco, a deal with Earthlink would see Google offering a two tier service, with the free option having ads supplied by Google and a 300kbps speed and the paid subscription being ad-free and with speeds of over 1mbps.