Discriminate doesn't mean being bad. People get confused with English having several definitions of discriminate some being bad socially (like discriminating a

Discriminate doesn't mean being bad. People get confused with English having several definitions of discriminate some being bad socially (like discriminating against people because of their ethnicity). If Google choses to discriminate based on neighborhood interest that is a sound economic decision. The tricky political issue (in this particular instance) is if there is a correlation between the neighborhoods choosing to participate and ethnicity and Google ends up running fiber to a bunch of white neighborhoods and not to a bunch of African American neighborhoods. If the rich white neighborhoods all decided it wasn't worth it no one would care if Google didn't run fiber to them. Most social scientists would say the issue of poor not having access is a concern that society should care about. But if there isn't an ethnicity component I doubt it has any political "heat." If I was Google and the poor neighborhoods were too underrepresented I would likely create a some system to make it easier for at least some lower income areas to get fiber. This is all a bigger game plan for Google - not really an attempt to get rich off KC. I, and I believe Google, thinks fiber to everyone is good. It might be Google can't afford to do that given the real economic conditions. Even in that case hook some up, provided data for the government to decide if it is a social need worth funding (if it doesn't end up working without government help). Google wants to find a solution that shows what they did in KC can be done across the country. If it is just for the rich 15% that doesn't help Google much. They want to find a solution that works to get fiber, at reasonable prices, with net neutrality to a huge portions of the USA (certainly above 70%). If they need to tweak their starting plan I am pretty sure they will do so. They are pretty smart most of the time though, they do behave idiotically at times. Like how horrible their help systems are still (they can't organize even just the information they create to help people use software they write even today).