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Forgive me if I'm incorrect... The way I understand it is that they are halting planning in cities that they marked as potential locations, but that does not me
by jgrowl 10y ago
Forgive me if I'm incorrect... The way I understand it is that they are halting planning in cities that they marked as potential locations, but that does not mean they are discontinuing the roll out and service in cities that are already in progress.
For example in Nashville, they have been trying to roll out fiber in Nashville for over a year now but have only been able to install on less than a dozen utility poles so far.
This is because of the rules that prevented anyone other than the owner of the existing lines to move anything. This meant that if Google wanted to add lines to a pole with existing AT&T and Comcast lines, it would require both companies to move their own lines independently of each other in coordination. This means roads would have to be closed 3 separate times for each vendor. Nashville recently passed the One Touch Make Ready ordinance that allows approved vendors to do all of the work at the same time.
Now both AT&T and Comcast are suing the city:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/comcast-sues-nashville-to-halt-rules-that-help-google-fiber/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/comcast-sues-nash...
I hope that google stills continues to deploy to cities that are already in progress. It took community effort to get the ordinance passed and subjects them a lawsuit. It would be a real letdown.
- itake 10y agoI think what they are saying is they are not profitable with what they are currently doing and at best, they are re-evaluating their business model to try to find profitability and at worst they are going to close up shop all together.
- silverlight 10y agoI live in KC and they are still rolling out here. Next phase ends Nov 3. I assume they are I'll keep rolling out in the metros they are already in as the leg work is done for the most part.
- BatFastard 10y agoI am in Atlanta and we are scheduled for it on Dec 15 2016! If there is a god, don't stop now!!!!
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- 1_2__3 10y agoYou are falling for Google's PR-speak. This kind of language they've used for literally dozens of dead projects/products over the years. This is the language Google uses when they say "we quit". It's couched in nuance and weasel words.