Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by rayiner on Thursday December 14, 2017 @06:06PM
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The opposite is true: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/how-kansas-city-.... Google got tons of concessions from Fiber cities that other providers don't get, such as free power and free use of public property. There was nothing special about Kansas City--cities were falling over themselves to offer Google concessions in return for getting Fiber.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by notyourday on Thursday December 14, 2017 @06:09PM
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by super-serial on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:43PM
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Google fiber failed because carriers would fork and eventually drop Android unless Google got out of the ISP business.
But now the carriers are buying up tech companies like Yahoo, their services are going to get preferential treatment so tech companies are screwed.
Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by notyourday on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:07PM
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That's laughable. If Google was to take a VZ, there would be no VZ. Same goes for Comcast, AT&T etc.
The reality is that Google has no interest in taking on carriers. There's nothing sexy is digging treches and hiring Fat Joe, who belches, farts in a workplace, drinks a litter of coke, votes Trump and goes to work at -4C to splice fiber. You won't get accolades. You would only get shit if fiber is out and Paris Hilton can't watch her Netflix.