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I always wondered why Google did not include it's home market during the initial rollout. AFAIK, there are plenty of cities in the Bay Area that have fiber and

I always wondered why Google did not include it's home market during the initial rollout. AFAIK, there are plenty of cities in the Bay Area that have fiber and that Google will choose to expand beyond just SF. Some of us like not living in SF.

Veratyr 11y ago
The Bay Area other than South Bay is difficult. My city, San Leandro, has public/private "partnership" fiber in the ground [0] for businesses. When I contacted them about residential, they let me know that they'd had a look and the demand just wasn't there. I took it further to see if I could get my building on it through one of the commercial partners (PAXIO) but the costs of building it out were pretty high (~$15k was what I was told) and I couldn't convince my building management that paying for it would work out for them. I really hope Google or someone does do this for the rest of the bay area but I think it's more likely that Comcast will bring out DOCSIS 3.1 and everyone'll be happy enough that nothing will happen. [0]: http://litsanleandro.com/ http://litsanleandro.com/
ojbyrne 11y ago
It's still not in Mountain View.