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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by kinkrtyavimoodh on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:27PM (#23108571)
Google abandons projects when they don't make business sense. Or perhaps you think Google is a charity that just keeps randoms apps running on servers? Maybe it should be funded with tax-dollars then.
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by scarface74 on Thursday May 07, 2020 @06:19PM (#23109032)
Unless they abandon an infrastructure project after ruining miles of city streets....

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/googl...

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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by dodobirdlord on Thursday May 07, 2020 @09:39PM (#23110488)
It’s impossible to take seriously that some 2-inch deep trenches and some stray cables are “ruining” streets.
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by scarface74 on Thursday May 07, 2020 @10:35PM (#23110831)
https://www.wdrb.com/news/belknap-neighborhood-residents-con...

https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/google-fiber-to-pay-nearly-4-m...

Google Fiber prepares to pull the plug on Louisville customers tonight, the tech company has agreed to pay Metro government $3.84 million to fix damage to city streets, Mayor Greg Fischer’s said Monday.

The payments, to be made over 20 months, will cover removing fiber cables and sealant from roads, milling and paving streets “where needed” and removing Google’s above-ground infrastructure, according to a news release from Fischer's office.

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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by forgotmylogin2 on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:47AM (#23111762)
This makes your original complaint that they were ruining streets look even sillier. They've agreed to reverse all the damage they've done. I'm not sure how you're angry about this.
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by scarface74 on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:25AM (#23113200)
That was after getting pressured by the local government.
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by CountSessine on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:33PM (#23116586)
Was it? It sounds like the franchise agreement that they signed was fairly straight forward and was never really in contention, based on what little I’ve read about this story the last couple of years. Are there any references or news stories that support your claim that google had to be “pressured”?
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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by cat199 on Thursday May 07, 2020 @06:39PM (#23109195)
> Maybe it should be funded with tax-dollars then.

this presumes in some sense that they are not already.

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Re:Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto by mcphage on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:43PM (#23108707)
> Maybe it should be funded with tax-dollars then.

That's kinda what they were going after.

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