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Also, they weren't very good at it. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/google-fiber-exits-louisville-after-shoddy-installs-left-exposed-wire
by sp332 7y ago
Also, they weren't very good at it. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/google-fiber-exits-louisville-after-shoddy-installs-left-exposed-wires-in-roads/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/googl... "When you're walking around the neighborhood, [the lines are] popping up out of the road all over the place," resident Larry Coomes said at the time. "People are tripping over it." ... "AT&T has been using various forms of shallow trenching since 2009 and hasn't seen similar issues."
- organsnyder 7y agoLike so many other examples, a new entrant realized that the industry wasn't as simple as they thought it was.
- dantheman 7y agoIt was an experiment to see if a new technique would drastically lower costs - it didn't. We should be encouraging people to try new things.