Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Blog: You just gotta love Google sometimes... Eau Claire Wisconsin real estate agent & Realtor® Shane O'Gorman

I was reading an interesting article today over at Dailytech.

Google Fights for Wireless Freedom to Closed Carriers' Chagrin

New plan would reduce providers to "dumb pipes" telecoms say.

Google over the last decade has established dominance of the personal computer-driven internet.  With the internet ecosystem expanding into the wireless and cell-phone markets in leaps and bounds, it was only natural that Google focus on the mobile side in order to gain control of new territories in its internet empire.

The first step was the official debut of its Android OS which officially launched with the release of T-Mobile's G1 smart phone last week.  While some phone companies loathed giving up proprietary control of their platform and potential ad-revenue, the allure of Google's free software and potential lucrative deals was too great, and many mobile carriers are giving in.

You can read the rest of the story here.

Basically Google wants the monopoly enjoyed by current wireless carriers to be over. It would open up the markets creating strong competition and hopefully bringing down prices. Why should we be stuck in these contracts? Why is there a contract at all? Why can’t we just buy a phone and have whatever service we want? If they don’t perform to our satisfaction we should have the right to fire them! With so many things lately going on in the market it’s pretty obvious what happens when corporations can write their own rules. I think Google is on to something here. Hopefully we see this go somewhere. Sometimes you just gotta love Google…

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