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Google Fiber; A wakeup call to Comcast, Time Warner, and others

kwb said:
I currently have fiber and it's pathetic.

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How much do pay for that?
 
SaltyDawg said:
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Note the link in the original post that takes you to the Google fiber page. There you see the tv lineup, which includes several movie channels. Maybe not ALL of the ones you have, but certainly not some "basic" package either.

Also note: you can get the internet service for free if you pay the installation fee, but you can also pay $25 per month for the internet for the first 12 months (free after) and there is no installation fee.

So, again, you could probably save money, get most of the channels you have now, and avoid the installation fee.

Or keep the tv service you have now and just get the internet. Surely you would save more than $25 per month if you cancelled your internet?
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All that, and it's worth pointing out again some of the other extras Google is throwing in. A free Nexus 7 tablet, which is a value of $199. 1 TB of storage on Google Drive, which would normally cost $49.99/month. The $120/month bundle is a freaking amazing deal just for the 1 Gbps internet alone, but even more so when you add all the extras Google has thrown in. Google is truly changing the game with the launch of Fiber.
 
SaltyDawg said:
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Note the link in the original post that takes you to the Google fiber page. There you see the tv lineup, which includes several movie channels. Maybe not ALL of the ones you have, but certainly not some "basic" package either.

Also note: you can get the internet service for free if you pay the installation fee, but you can also pay $25 per month for the internet for the first 12 months (free after) and there is no installation fee.

So, again, you could probably save money, get most of the channels you have now, and avoid the installation fee.

Or keep the tv service you have now and just get the internet. Surely you would save more than $25 per month if you cancelled your internet?
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No HBO. No Epix. No Cinemax. No AMC? No FX? No Fox??? Not to mention whatever else I'm missing off the top of my head. And uh, if you read, "some channels will require an additional fee. This channel lineup is only a representative lineup and is subject to change. Actual lineup will be published when customers register for service." In other words, yeah, you're probably going to have to pay a little extra for some of these.

But great. I don't get many of the channels I watch, don't get the home line with an unlisted number, and don't get my cell phone service on there. But man oh man, now my internet access is going to be so high-speed, I'll be able to save a tenth of a second every time I go to a new website.
 
Channel lineup doesn't cut it. But I think Google is testing out a new model which is why they're throwing in all the bells and whistles. They're feeling out the market right now for what percentage will do without premium content if they get a lot of stuff -- great internet, reasonable TV, and phenomenal DVR at a low price which goes along with their Netflix slash internet subscriptions.

Of course, if content becomes a problem, they could pay up or just buy some of those companies. Buy Lionsgate, for example, they get Epix. And if they gain market share by undercutting cable and dish, they can use that leverage to force content providers to agree to their terms, but that's a long play. In the short term, they're just murdering apple which is probably their goal, anyway.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
No HBO. No Epix. No Cinemax. No AMC? No FX? No Fox??? Not to mention whatever else I'm missing off the top of my head. And uh, if you read, "some channels will require an additional fee. This channel lineup is only a representative lineup and is subject to change. Actual lineup will be published when customers register for service." In other words, yeah, you're probably going to have to pay a little extra for some of these.

But great. I don't get many of the channels I watch, don't get the home line with an unlisted number, and don't get my cell phone service on there. But man oh man, now my internet access is going to be so high-speed, I'll be able to save a tenth of a second every time I go to a new website.
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We get it... It doesn't make your coffee and cook your eggs.

What it does do is give you free internet. And if you don't think free internet will be cheaper than your current Verizon internet, then you have issues.

You wouldn't be forced to cancel your current tv service if you didn't want to. You could just use the free Google internet, cancel your existing internet, and save money.

But whatever. It's not like I really care. The only reason I even responded in the first place was because you said you couldn't see why anyone would be excited about it, and then argued about it when I said it would probably save you some money.

It's likely neither one of us will even be offered this service anytime soon so it's not worth arguing over. But as you can see from all the excitement from people that won't even be able to get it anytime soon, it's likely to be a huge hit when and wherever it gets rolled out.
 
SaltyDawg said:
We get it... It doesn't make your coffee and cook your eggs.

What it does do is give you free internet. And if you don't think free internet will be cheaper than your current Verizon internet, then you have issues.

You wouldn't be forced to cancel your current tv service if you didn't want to. You could just use the free Google internet, cancel your existing internet, and save money.

But whatever. It's not like I really care. The only reason I even responded in the first place was because you said you couldn't see why anyone would be excited about it, and then argued about it when I said it would probably save you some money.

It's likely neither one of us will even be offered this service anytime soon so it's not worth arguing over. But as you can see from all the excitement from people that won't even be able to get it anytime soon, it's likely to be a huge hit when and wherever it gets rolled out.
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Free internet? I must have missed that part. I thought it was part of that $120/month. Or am I paying that for just my tv service which isn't even that good? Wow, awesome. Listen braugh, I use to pay $115 for high-speed internet and my tv service with two dvr boxes and all those extra channels I mentioned and the deal I have now is even better so the $120 just doesn't impress me. It'll be faster. Great. But the time that it will save me is so nominal that I could care less. I'm not quite sure why others do care so much. Are they still on AOL dial-up? Like you said, it's not going to happen nationwide any time soon so it's not worth arguing over. But I'm simply not that impressed.

I'm still confused as to how you actually think this would save me money.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Free internet? I must have missed that part. I thought it was part of that $120/month. Or am I paying that for just my tv service which isn't even that good? Wow, awesome. Listen braugh, I use to pay $115 for high-speed internet and my tv service with two dvr boxes and all those extra channels I mentioned and the deal I have now is even better so the $120 just doesn't impress me. It'll be faster. Great. But the time that it will save me is so nominal that I could care less. I'm not quite sure why others do care so much. Are they still on AOL dial-up? Like you said, it's not going to happen nationwide any time soon so it's not worth arguing over. But I'm simply not that impressed.

I'm still confused as to how you actually think this would save me money.
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Yes, free internet, you missed that part, lol.

They have 3 different packages: the fastest internet and tv package for $120, just the fastest internet without the tv for $70, or a slower internet without tv for free.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Yes, free internet, you missed that part, lol.

They have 3 different packages: the fastest internet and tv package for $120, just the fastest internet without the tv for $70, or a slower internet without tv for free.
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How slow is that internet? And is it just for one year?
 
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