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The Google Fiber rollout in my neighborhood has been a debacle from the start. They walked around and put up door tags -- really really big ones saying, "Googl
by dbg31415 10y ago
The Google Fiber rollout in my neighborhood has been a debacle from the start.
They walked around and put up door tags -- really really big ones saying, "Google Fiber is coming!" and immediately after that the 0 crime neighborhood I live in had a slew of break ins. Anyone who didn't remove this massive door tag was an easy target, the crooks knew who was home and who wasn't.
Then like a week later... they put the exact same door tag up on all the doors. And we all laughed... but we were like, "WTF, Google..." Then the next day they put the exact same door tag up again... even doubling it up on homes that already had a door tag. They door tags were just promos to sign up; they didn't tell us to mark our sprinkler systems, or who to call in case the construction crew accidentally cut our water lines...
The actual cable laying came about a month later... and it's been going on for 7 weeks at this point. Some days the guys work, most they don't. Doesn't appear to be any pattern to it. There are a bunch of expensive drilling and trenching machines parked at the end of my cul-de-sac and along the street in the spots where residents used to park. 7 weeks and counting...
- madengr 10y agoAre you in KC? I am in OP.
- dbg31415 10y agoAustin, and I get that it's the construction firm and not Google, but yeah... it not good UX. Ha.
- chiph 10y agoGoogle really underestimated how hard it was going to be to run cable underground in Austin, with it's limestone ("Austin Chalk") often just inches below the grass & shrubbery.