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Re:Verizon: We Can't Become Dumb Pipes by DigitalJack on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @03:22PM (#12212559)
What google is doing is reducing the cost of a complementary good (quality high speed internet access) to their products.

I'm lucky and have solid internet access even if it's not the fasted. It's very reliable and low latency. But I'd still love some google fiber.

However, I don't think it's fair to attribute altruism or happiness to be a dumb pipe to google.

Re:Verizon: We Can't Become Dumb Pipes by alberth on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @03:40PM (#12212705)
Re: "reducing the cost of complementary good"

Ding ding ding!

Joel Spoksky wrote s great article on exactly this 14 years ago.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html