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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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