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From the sounds of it, they had plenty of cities lining up to get Fiber from Google. I would assume that, at least in those cities, they wouldn't face too many
by megaman8 8y ago
From the sounds of it, they had plenty of cities lining up to get Fiber from Google. I would assume that, at least in those cities, they wouldn't face too many regulatory hurdles. So, what's stopping Google from expanding into the willing cities? Is it the expense of digging up all that last mile infrastructure? Is that the limiting factor?
- e40 8y agoI think they underestimated the amount of cash it would take to do the job right.
- megaman8 8y agowell, they can always come up with a new estimate. If they'r e not doing it, then it means they can't get a good ROI on it. I'm just wondering what they're biggest expense is: I suspect it's last mile digging up all those trenches - i hear that's really expensive.
- CommieBobDole 8y agoThe limiting factor is Google has undergone the same transformation as nearly all market-leading companies go - their function has changed from innovation and disruption to protecting their markets and rent-seeking. They're too large now to do anything without it being prohibitively difficult and expensive. The day I read an article announcing they'd hired the former CFO of Morgan Stanley, and she would be focusing on "cost containment", I knew Google Fiber was dead.
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