Comments on: U.S. gets Google, we get Ottawa http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/comment-page-1/#comment-374027 mathewi Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:19:01 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/#comment-374027 That's my fear as well, Rod -- that all they really want to do is get<br>a piece of the oligopoly, rather than blow it up or even destabilize<br>it. That's my fear as well, Rod — that all they really want to do is get
a piece of the oligopoly, rather than blow it up or even destabilize
it.

]]> By: Tom Purves http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/comment-page-1/#comment-374025 Tom Purves Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:21:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/#comment-374025 there's the catch, it would make sense if they also win the US spectrum. Would be pointless if they don't.<br><br>In the U.K., google has claimed they aren't interested in spectrum. there's the catch, it would make sense if they also win the US spectrum. Would be pointless if they don't.

In the U.K., google has claimed they aren't interested in spectrum.

]]> By: Rod Templeton http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/comment-page-1/#comment-374026 Rod Templeton Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:18:58 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/#comment-374026 Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of confidence that companies like Shaw or MTS/All Stream are going to do a whole lot to bring lower prices into a market that's going to cost them a ton of money to get into. Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of confidence that companies like Shaw or MTS/All Stream are going to do a whole lot to bring lower prices into a market that's going to cost them a ton of money to get into.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/comment-page-1/#comment-374024 mathewi Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:07:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/#comment-374024 That's a great idea, Jake. I'm going to forward that to my friends<br>Larry and Sergey right now. That's a great idea, Jake. I'm going to forward that to my friends
Larry and Sergey right now.

]]> By: Jake http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/comment-page-1/#comment-374023 Jake Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:59:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/30/us-gets-google-we-get-ottawa/#comment-374023 Why <em>wouldn't</em> Google be interested in bidding on the Canadian spectrum? Of course it's a smaller market, but I thought Google wanted to make the whole world better/profitable. And especially since Canada is cutting the incumbents out of the new spectrum auction, it seems like a nice proposition for Google (or any other newcomer). Why wouldn't Google be interested in bidding on the Canadian spectrum? Of course it's a smaller market, but I thought Google wanted to make the whole world better/profitable. And especially since Canada is cutting the incumbents out of the new spectrum auction, it seems like a nice proposition for Google (or any other newcomer).

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