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Re:Why we're saying no to Google by ryacko on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @01:01AM (#20682950)
Google would have been better off with a decentralized solution subsidizing WISPs, than trying to build out fiber infrastructure using contractors. Google wants to be a vertical monopoly, which is a massive coordination problem.
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Re:Why we're saying no to Google by ikeyany on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:34AM (#20685148)
Project Fi (the cell service provider, though I think it's just called Google Fi) is a very different entity than Google Fiber.
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