[LINK] SMH: 'Google could be your next ISP'

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Kim Holburn wrote:
> Interesting commentary here:
> http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/google-traffic/
>> Google’s Traffic Is Giant, Which Is Why It Should be Your ISP
> 
<snip>
> On 2010/Mar/19, at 2:11 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> 
>> Google could be your next ISP
>> ASHER MOSES
>> The Sydney Morning Herald
>> 18 March 2010
>> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/enterprise/google-could-be-your-next-isp-20100318-qgtr.html
>>

and....perhaps a sense of deja vu

> In recent years
> 
> In the United States and Canada, MSN is still a dial-up Internet service provider. MSN remains the second largest Internet service provider in the United States, behind dial-up leader AOL, which had retained about 10 million subscribers by the end of 2007.[17] MSN bundles its dial-up service with an e-mail account at MSN.com and security software such as firewall and anti-virus programs.[18]
> 
> For customers with high-speed, broadband Internet access, MSN partnered with Verizon, Qwest, and Bell Sympatico. Verizon, Qwest, and Bell Canada provide the broadband connection and directly bill their customers. The included MSN software, known as 'MSN Premium,' offered a customized interface similar to the MSN 9 dial-up software and security features similar to the newer Windows Live OneCare security package. Subscribers received an MSN Firewall and MSN Virus Guard provided by McAfee, and the Webroot Spy Sweeper for MSN. The broadband Internet package from Microsoft has since transitioned to the Windows Live brand name. New customers of Verizon's broadband Internet service may only subscribe to Windows Live, not MSN Premium. Existing customers of MSN Premium who change to Windows Live may not revert back, because Microsoft has phased it out.[19]

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN>

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