Just arrived in NYC last night, and while on the plane spent a bit of time thinking about Googlenet, and what Microsoft and or Yahoo must do to counteract the reshaping of the Internet that the release of a free wifi network, such as the rumored Googlenet. By must do, I am simly acknowledging the likelyhood that if Google rolls out free Internet before MSFT, it likely will dominate the Internet the way that Microsoft has dominated the desktop. The challenge being that more and more applications will be delivered via the Internet (in the future), and this eats right into Microsoft’s market.
T-mobile really offers eith one the best quick roll-out. Yes, I mentioned earlier that if MS bought Level 3 they could add a wifi / wimax component to it, and create a free network virtually overnight. But why wait? T-mobile has the network, and people are already used to using it. Buy a popular network, and make it free. You’ve already got all of Starbuck’s clients; why would they switch???























