Dish, DirecTV and now Verizon aside, Google also works with smaller network inventory partners like arts-focused Ovation and The Tennis Channel.

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Whenever any of my Anytown subscribers want to transfer files amongst themselves, the operating cost to me approaches zero because (aside from the capital costs of building the network), the cost of transfering those files is basically the electricity it takes to pulse lasers over the fiber and keep the fans on the routers humming.

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Leave aside the obvious contradiction of a climate change crusader selling to a network largely financed by the petrodollar kingdom of Qatar.

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Stock price aside, Facebook is still by far the largest, most active social network in the world.

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Nonetheless, Google was able to secure the FTC's approval of its merger with DoubleClick, and the company used its deep pockets to ensure that the Federal Communications Commission set aside a swath of broadband to be used for an "open" network in its ongoing spectrum auction.

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Pricing information aside, utilities and grid operators could more accurately pinpoint the location of a problem in the electrical network--eliminating the need for repair crews to scramble for hours to determine where a power failure has occurred.

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Aside from storage, Servio also has a home firewall installed, meaning it should be able to protect your network and the machines connected to it from troublemaking hackers, the occasional virus and other troubles.

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