Comments on: Is Google’s spectrum play hubris? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/16/is-googles-spectrum-play-hubris/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Norm Potter http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/16/is-googles-spectrum-play-hubris/#comment-340188 Norm Potter Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:26:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/16/is-googles-spectrum-play-hubris/#comment-340188 Yeah the system needs to be fixed. North Americans are paying far too much for shoddy wireless services compared to the rest of the world. Google spectrum and free Android software poses a huge market challenge to the telcos and cellcos. Yeah the system needs to be fixed. North Americans are paying far too much for shoddy wireless services compared to the rest of the world. Google spectrum and free Android software poses a huge market challenge to the telcos and cellcos.

]]> By: Michael Z http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/16/is-googles-spectrum-play-hubris/#comment-340187 Michael Z Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:13:25 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/16/is-googles-spectrum-play-hubris/#comment-340187 Tech Trader has some more interesting insight on this calling the $8 billion just the down payment and starts throwing around some numbers on yearly cap ex which would be required to support wireless. It's not just 2X cash flow, it will be a colossus that they need to keep supporting.<br><br><a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2007/11/16/google-maybe-starting-a-carrier-is-bad-idea/?mod=yahoobarrons">http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2007/1...</a> Tech Trader has some more interesting insight on this calling the $8 billion just the down payment and starts throwing around some numbers on yearly cap ex which would be required to support wireless. It's not just 2X cash flow, it will be a colossus that they need to keep supporting.

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2007/1...

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