Google Fiber: 1 Gb/second download speeds, and a "free" option

• Pick6

  

  justincredible;1235356 wrote:Not so sure this is about more earning potential as it is about converting customers. Say a customer in Kansas City has service provided by someone else and they pay $25/month for it. Google rolls in to town with free service. Customer switches and now google has their data ($). If google was offering the service at a cost of $25/month then what's the incentive to switch?

  Maybe the offer faster speeds for the same price? Could be tired of their current provider, like I am with Timewarner.
• WebFire

  gut;1235337 wrote:A) Almost everyone has internet and some sort of cable tv service, many still have a land line. So the bundle is the correct price to look at. Only a sucker would buy packages individually. The standalone price is actually arbitrarily high and does not reflect what most people are paying. I pay $80 for cable and internet, slice it however you want but saying I pay $85 for cable is just as wrong as saying I pay $30 or $50 for internet.
  
  B) the 6-mo promo for 20mbps is $20 bucks, so I'm right either way. Honestly, I don't know what would possess someone to think I made up what I was paying.

  Comcast bundles don't mean shit to me, because I do not have it in my area. And Google, if I wanted it, is not bundled with anything. You said you get 20 Mbps for $20. That is inaccurate. You have a bundle which includes the 20 Mbps. This does not help anyone that wants the Google service.
• justincredible

  

  Pick6;1235357 wrote:Maybe the offer faster speeds for the same price? Could be tired of their current provider, like I am with Timewarner.

  I guess the Goog should've consulted with you first.
  
  Just because something hasn't been offered before doesn't mean it isn't going to work.
• Pick6

  

  justincredible;1235366 wrote:I guess the Goog should've consulted with you first.
  
  Just because something hasn't been offered before doesn't mean it isn't going to work.

  Where does it say Google is doing what we are discussing? I think whatever they do will work. Great company.
• justincredible

  

  Pick6;1235369 wrote:Where does it say Google is doing what we are discussing? I think whatever they do will work. Great company.

  I was going off of this quote:
  

  I believe that if there was more earning potential by advertisement and selling personal information while giving free internet, it would already be done.

  You did say "more earning potential" which is a little different, I guess, but it still seemed like you were questioning the the viability of the free service.
• Pick6

  

  justincredible;1235379 wrote:I was going off of this quote:
  
  
  
  You did say "more earning potential" which is a little different, I guess, but it still seemed like you were questioning the the viability of the free service.

  Far as I know, the "catch" to the free service is still unknown. We were just discussing what it could be. I dont think the options brought would work in making the most money. I could end up being wrong, though.
  
  And it actually all stemmed off of OSH saying he thinks there should be free internet for everybody.
• gut

  justincredible;1235356 wrote:Not so sure this is about more earning potential as it is about converting customers. Say a customer in Kansas City has service provided by someone else and they pay $25/month for it. Google rolls in to town with free service. Customer switches and now google has their data ($). If google was offering the service at a cost of $25/month then what's the incentive to switch?

  Bandwidth speed and storage, but I think you are generally on point. Google has always been about free service and going after advertising dollars. Combined with tv, this could be highly lucrative to provide high value ad dollars to companies that really zeroes in on their target market. It's a bit more challenging with DVR's making commericals obsolete, but for live tv I could certainly tolerate Google's commercials - I don't really even notice or pay attention to most ads on tv anymore.
• gut

  WebFire;1235362 wrote:Comcast bundles don't mean **** to me, because I do not have it in my area. And Google, if I wanted it, is not bundled with anything. You said you get 20 Mbps for $20. That is inaccurate. You have a bundle which includes the 20 Mbps. This does not help anyone that wants the Google service.

  Dude, you're playing semantics. I COULD have 20mbps for $20 if I so choose, but it so happens I have a bundle where my prorated internet portion is equal to or less than $20 a month. Some jackass spouted off the handle saying I didn't pay $20 for my internet, as if I was lying, and he was fool for doing so. My internet costs $20/mo anyway you slice it.
  
  I don't care if you don't have Comcast bundles in your area, it doesn't change the fact that what I said about MY service was 100% correct. I said Google's internet service wasn't compelling for me because I only pay $20 a month for internet. What is so confusing to you about that statement?
• WebFire

  gut;1235401 wrote:Dude, you're playing semantics. I COULD have 20mbps for $20 if I so choose, but it so happens I have a bundle where my prorated internet portion is equal to or less than $20 a month. Some jackass spouted off the handle saying I didn't pay $20 for my internet, as if I was lying, and he was fool for doing so. My internet costs $20/mo anyway you slice it.
  
  I don't care if you don't have Comcast bundles in your area, it doesn't change the fact that what I said about MY service was 100% correct. I said Google's internet service wasn't compelling for me because I only pay $20 a month for internet. What is so confusing to you about that statement?

  Fair enough on your last statement. I guess if you truly only relayed how it affected you, it was pretty worthless info.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  gut;1235401 wrote: Some jackass spouted off the handle saying I didn't pay $20 for my internet, as if I was lying, and he was fool for doing so. My internet costs $20/mo anyway you slice it.

  You don't get it, you don't pay $20 for internet, nor could you. Not even with a bundle. Comcast (who you claim you have) offers 12mpbs for $30 for the FIRST 6 months. Yet somehow you're special and get faster internet from them for cheaper? lolfail. I priced out their bundles as well, Triple play is $90 a month. If comcast's website wasn't such a POS I would break down the double play and internet solo for you as well.
• gut

  WebFire;1235446 wrote:Fair enough on your last statement. I guess if you truly only relayed how it affected you, it was pretty worthless info.

  Not to millions of people like me with similar deals. Otherwise worthless to simpletons, perhaps.
• gut

  Commander of Awesome;1235451 wrote:You don't get it, you don't pay $20 for internet, nor could you. Not even with a bundle. Comcast (who you claim you have) offers 12mpbs for $30 for the FIRST 6 months. Yet somehow you're special and get faster internet from them for cheaper? lolfail. I priced out their bundles as well, Triple play is $90 a month. If comcast's website wasn't such a POS I would break down the double play and internet solo for you as well.

  No, you don't get it - I can and I do pay $20 for internet depending on your persecptive. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to comprehend or think I'm lying. I can log into my account right now and they are offering 20mbps for 6 months at $20. Who I "claim to have?" - only a jackass would think I'd lie about something like this and carry on after already having been corrected once. You obviously have no clue about what deals and promos are offered in my area.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  What's your area code then gut?
• I Wear Pants

  That $20 is dependent on you having other of their services, no? And it's only for six months.
• gut

  I Wear Pants;1235518 wrote:That $20 is dependent on you having other of their services, no? And it's only for six months.

  It's a separate deal to current customers. They run promos like this all the time. The double play package I have for new customers is $80/mo with a premium channel and HD DVR, and if you do the math that price is like $20, maybe less, for my internet. Other providers have similar deals, so you can just switch every 12 months if you so desire, or sometimes just the threat is enough to get a new subscriber deal. Competetion is good!
  
  It's what I pay. No idea why people are getting their panties in a bunch. As for the website itself, I think Xfinity is great for online on-demand. I really have no need or reason to ever visit the Comcast website beyond setting up my initial auto-pay.
• gut

  Commander of Awesome;1235516 wrote:What's your area code then gut?

  Dude, are you seriously that petty that you think I'm lying? You looked up Triple Play for $90, so figure out the math for yourself what your discounted price for the internet actually is.
  
  LMFAO, I could post a copy of their coupons or even my bill, but I'm not wasting my time. You can go on thinking I'm lying if you like, no idea what you are trying to prove by playing internet cable tough guy.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Youre either lying or you don't understand your bill. The double play is $80 you say, well stand alone 20 mbps internet speed through them is $40, lol you do the math. I know you're incorrect because I'm moving and I've been looking at all the internet providers, independent as well. Don't take everything so personally.
• WebFire

  I Wear Pants;1235518 wrote:That $20 is dependent on you having other of their services, no? And it's only for six months.

  Us simpletons get it.
• WebFire

  Gut, how much can I get 20 Mbps for?
• Crimson streak

  

  Gut is right I paid 20 dollars a month for 20mbps through Comcast. Well technically 25 because of the 5 dollar modem rental. They gave it to me at that price for a year and after the year was up I would cancel and tell them in switching to Verizon and they would give me the same price again. I don't need it now because my apartment building has free wifi so I canceled it completely
• TedSheckler

  

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• gut

  Crimson streak;1235553 wrote:Gut is right I paid 20 dollars a month for 20mbps through Comcast. Well technically 25 because of the 5 dollar modem rental. They gave it to me at that price for a year and after the year was up I would cancel and tell them in switching to Verizon and they would give me the same price again. I don't need it now because my apartment building has free wifi so I canceled it completely

  That's un-possible.
• gut

  Commander of Awesome;1235531 wrote:Youre either lying or you don't understand your bill.

  I understand my bill perfectly. And, apparently, you do not understand math.