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> So is all hope lost for Google Fiber in Seattle? What would it take to entice Google here? > We’ve considered spending the $700 million or more it would cost
by news_to_me 13y ago
> So is all hope lost for Google Fiber in Seattle? What would it take to entice Google here?
> We’ve considered spending the $700 million or more it would cost to build our own fiber network, which might provide a billion dollars in benefits each year.
Why do we want Google Fiber in cities so badly? What's the benefit over building your own network, or partnering with someone like Gigabit Squared?
- nantes 13y agoYou might check out http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/01/seattles-fiber-deal-with-gigabit.html http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/01/se... "Mayor Ed Murray has declared the city’s deal with startup broadband company Gigabit Squared dead."
- toomuchtodo 13y agoGoogle has proven its ability to execute. Building your own network or trusting a no-name startup is much harder, not that its not possible. Google just seems to be the easier route.
- codystebbins 13y agoIt is not just about Google Fiber despite the article title. This article presents regulations that will prevent any real ISP competition, including Gigabit Squared, and is really quite depressing as a Seattle resident. Google Fiber just happens to be a significant national competitor that people know about.
- turing 13y ago"What's the benefit over . . . partnering with someone like Gigabit Squared?" That worked out great for the residents of Seattle. http://www.geekwire.com/2014/gigabit-squareds-legacy-seattle-unpaid-bill-52250/ http://www.geekwire.com/2014/gigabit-squareds-legacy-seattle...
- sorahn 13y agoI said this in a reddit thread about this very subject, but we already have 2 ISPs in Seattle that deliver gigbabit speed. They just need money. And probably people.
- wmf 13y agoCities are willing to give Google a blank check but not other ISPs, basically because Google is Google.
- jseliger 13y agoWhat's the benefit over building your own network Many places can't due to lobbying by existing telcos at the state level. See, e.g., https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7271044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7271044 .