[Chapter-delegates] [ISOC-NY Discussion] Google plan wouldoffer free Internet throughout SF

[Rosa Delgado]

Certainly that somebody has to pay the services and somehow the model
consist in people paying the service via ads. However, as the article
says it will be enough people that want additional security and customer
support with no ads. Model that could also work. 

But, I would like to think if some global operators could provide free
Internet to one single LDC (less developed country). One operator per a
country so, few developing countries could benefit of such services at
least for few years allowing more and more users from LDCs to join the
Net. 

Regards

Rosa 

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Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 01:43
To: Veni Markovski
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Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] [ISOC-NY Discussion] Google plan
wouldoffer free Internet throughout SF

the key question is "how will it be paid for?" If access is free, but
the access network has to pay the backbone for transit services,  
money would appear to be coming out of thin air.

I suspect that the real result of this will be that the Internet will be
free if you want the service that is provided for free, and that service
will be subsidized by back room deals that leave the user receiving
content he doesn't want so that the subsidizers will be willing to
subsidize. Very much like the color-glossy-magazine and the newspaper
industries; the service you receive is primarily paid for by
advertisers, perhaps advertisers that know your location (what hot spot
are you in?) and have some level of access to your private
communications patterns (think about what google does with hit counts)
and perhaps even your communications (gmail).

It's an Internet, I suppose, and you won't be being directly charged,
but the advertisers are coming up with their cash somehow - you will  be
paying the advertiser. And ask yourself, if you were offering it, what
services you would offer and on what basis.

It doesn't result in an internet for everyone. It results in an internet
for the advertisers.

On Oct 2, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Veni Markovski wrote:

> That's the way to make sure Internet will be for everyone.
>

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