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I guess the city will be responsible to remove the fiber then as they repave roads over time? Or will Google pay for it? Seems horrible if Google tore up roads

by Keverw 8y ago

I guess the city will be responsible to remove the fiber then as they repave roads over time? Or will Google pay for it? Seems horrible if Google tore up roads to put in Fiber and now they decide to pull out leaving the taxpayers holding the bag. I wonder if a situation like this was in the contract with the city. Maybe a journalist will FOIA them for a copy, but something other cities should think about when they do public-private partnerships - what happens when either partner doesn't want to be involved anymore.

owenmarshall 8y ago
In the best of dark humor, their installation approach was so ridiculously light touch that it appears almost unnoticeable. I'm far from a traffic engineer, but I've driven over potholes in this city that are deeper than the cuts Google made to bury their fiber, so I can't imagine things will be "that bad" in the long run. The sober light of day makes it pretty clear that Google was attempting a pilot of a very certain type of installation that failed spectacularly.