![]() ![]() ![]() ISPs may be forced to offer and co-promote a Google ISP service in their regions in a similar way that most cable companies need to carry and pay for ESPN. Well, it's feasible that Google could give away the GooglePC for "free" in exchange for a fixed term premium high speed internet service contract. Any Google ISP relationship would leverage the Google Web Accelerator to speed up the browsing experience.Īre you still saying so what? OK. So what? Yahoo already has a high speed ISP partnership with SBC, but that relationship is entirely on paper. (We tested it and discovered we could surf the net 15% faster.) Google can use this muscle to forge partnerships with one or more high speed ISPs and could brand the high speed service Google ISP. The Google Web Accelerator promises to speed up the high speed internet browsing experience by taking advantage of Google's massive centralized cache of the internet as well as a small portion of a user's hard drive. Just this past Friday, Google inched closer to entering the high speed ISP arena by introducing the Google Web Accelerator. And why is the Google Store selling seemingly silly products like the Google Fast Lane Travel Mug, Google Classic Infant Rib Hat and Google Icon Stix and Stonz Magnet Game? A plausible explanation is that they are trying to gain expertise on how to run an online store in order to provide a platform for selling the GooglePC direct to consumers. Google could subcontract out the actual manufacturing of the GooglePCs.įinally, one more note, Google already sells enterprise search servers online at their Google Store. Thus, Google is not only a threat to Microsoft, but to Dell, HP, Gateway, Sony and other PC manufacturers as well. On the cheap side, a minimal setup for basic tasks could cost at little as $150 to $300, including monitor. There are various ways a Google PC could be priced. DVD support via Intermedia's popular WinDVD program (in fact, just this past week Google and Intermedia announced a partnership nothing too explicit, but it shows that they are talking and have a relationship).Microsoft-compatible applications powered by GBrowser and/or free open source software like GNOME's spreadsheet Gnumeric and word processor Abiword.Email provided by GMail, a current free service offered by Google (no one really needs Outlook).Features the GBrowser, the much speculated Google Browser.A low-cost PC running the Linux operating system (saves $100 to $150 versus Microsoft's operating system).Here's what the Google PC could look like: In fact, it's conceivable that Google could launch its own PC which wouldn't need any Microsoft software. ![]() GBrowser would make it easier for Google to control both data and applications, bypassing Microsoft entirely. Finally, last year Google registered the domain name.Google has even hired Microsoft programmers working on future operating systems Avalon and Longhorn (updates that are already out-of-date thanks to Google Desktop Search).Google hired Ben Goodger, the genius behind the upstart Firefox browser (which Forbes says is "better than Internet Explorer by leaps and bounds).Google hired key programmers from Sun and BEA Systems.Google has recently hired several key programmers from Microsoft who worked on the Windows operating system.The evidence that supports Google's GBrowser efforts are as follows: But this might be only the first step in a much more massive Google strategy that could include a GooglePC and Google ISP service.Ĭoncerning the Google Browser, many are giving the title GBrowser to this rumored challenger of Internet Explorer. Recent chatter indicates Google may be preparing to launch its own internet browser. ![]()
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