danbanerjee's Comments danbanerjee's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/user/2348061/comments Google Fiber "isn't just an experiment, it's a real business and we're trying to decide where to expand next," says Eric Schmidt. Google's (GOOG) $70/month, 1Gbps, Kansas City service has won plenty of fans, and seems to have tapped a groundswell of frustration towards the offerings of phone/cable duopolies. But the costs of any large-scale launch would be enormous. Schmidt also declares Android is winning the smartphone wars. From a unit share standpoint, he's right, though profit share is a different matter. http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/716241?source=feed#comment-12554201 12554201 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:02:24 -0500 "We all live in an ATTizon duopoly now. And they will do with us what they please," writes Tero Kuittinen after looking at Verizon's (VZ, VOD) shared data plans. He sees the plans, which increase the minimum a smartphone user looking to upgrade has to pay to $90/month from a current $70/month, as an attempt to prevent voice/text revenues from being eroded by mobile apps (previous), and thinks they're fueled by a belief "Sprint and T-Mobile are now so weak they offer no effective competition." (also) http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/363771?source=feed#comment-6351191 6351191 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:08:08 -0400