Google is serious about taking on telecom. Here’s why it’ll win.

Google’s investments in telecom pit the company against some of the largest voice and Internet providers around. But Google has a key advantage: It doesn’t make its money from Internet service subscribers. That’s why it will be able to drive down prices for consumers, to adopt business practices that would be unsustainable for other carriers and to influence Washington policy debates in surprising ways.

via Google is serious about taking on telecom. Here’s why it’ll win. – The Washington Post.