Is Google Fiber making a profit for Google?

Google has stated many times that Fiber isn't structured to lose money just to make money elsewhere. The business plan is structured to make a profit. Luckily, that shouldn't be very difficult. The ISP world's dirty little secret is that providing internet service is highly profitable. read more

Google has stated many times that Fiber isn't structured to lose money just to make money elsewhere. The business plan is structured to make a profit. Luckily, that shouldn't be very difficult. read more

At a telecom industry event Thursday in Kansas City, Mo., Google's VP of access services, made it clear that Google Fiber isn't an R&D project. Rather, it's a service that Google expect will eventually turn a profit."We expect to make money from Google Fiber," Medin said at the event, as reported by Cnet's Marguerite Reardon. read more

All the same, Google is likely making a profit on fiber subscription sales alone, says Susan Crawford, a telecom policy expert who is a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York and former special assistant for science, technology, and innovation policy in the Obama administration. read more