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Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by codemac on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:28PM (#11958309)
God, I hope the support doesn't end up like most other Google product's support. I have webpass and my heart dropped. My project fi experience has been bad enough already.
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by jrockway on Thursday June 23, 2016 @12:57AM (#11958930)
I work on Google Fiber. We have pretty good customer support; call us 24/7, someone in the US will help you with pretty much anything you want that's Fiber-related (WiFi too slow? TV remote not working? That sort of thing.)
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by curiouscats on Thursday June 23, 2016 @07:43AM (#11960227)
I just hope the commitment to good service that Google Fiber has started with isn't trashed by foolish executives.

The state of customer dis-service in the USA is so strong that it seems pretty likely any company that has good service for awhile will shift resources into bigger paychecks for executives and fewer resources for customer support. I hope Google Fiber avoids this situation. Some companies do but not very many: Trader Joe's, Costco...

Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by jrockway on Thursday June 23, 2016 @12:42PM (#11962378)
I think good customer service is pretty much essential to running a service like Fiber, because there is no code that I can write that's going to smooth over the fact that we killed your lawn while running the fiber through your yard. It happens :/
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by mholt on Thursday June 23, 2016 @02:13AM (#11959165)
Yeah we have you in Provo. Awesome service!
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by EwanG on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:39AM (#11961199)
But can you tell me when the Stone Oak area of San Antonio will get fiber? Sorry, but living with TWC is a bear, and am hoping an actual date that I can add to the calendar of when to cancel would make it more bearable.
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by malandrew on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:34PM (#11958328)
While the support will almost certainly get worse, the good news is that Google some of the most rigorous SRE practices in the world.
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by danw3 on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:20AM (#11961031)
What issues have you had with project fi? I switched to it about 6 months ago and I haven't had any problems at all.
Re:Google Fiber agrees to acquire Webpass by codemac on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:38AM (#11961824)
The issues are rather small. The support is what's bad. They expect you to contact them endlessly, through multiple mediums, to resolve the most mundane of issues.