When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber?

Re:When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber? by joezydeco on Monday February 04, 2013 @09:04PM (#5168593)

AT&T got busted trying to test Project Lightspeed (now called U-Verse) in Geneva, Illinois. Geneva figured out that this super-DSL was really and end run around Geneva's CATV franchise agreements and shut it down. That's why they went for the statewide legislative overrides.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/73666

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Re:When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber? by jmj42 on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:02PM (#5168961)

Maybe, but no joy getting state wide franchising in Illinois. In fact, 65 ILCS 5 (Illinois Municipal Code) Section 11-42-11 specifically grants municipalities under 2M people (i.e. the entire state except Chicago) the authority to negotiate and execute CATV franchises.

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Re:When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber? by ben1040 on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @01:26PM (#5172254)

I'm most depressed by the "fast forward to 2006" part of this article, where they mention 3-6 Mbps service being delivered.

Fast forward to 2013, AT&T will still not offer anything faster than 3Mbps DSL to my home, and they charge a princely sum for it.

I can get 30/4 from Charter for the price of that 3Mbps DSL, but Charter's customer service is so awful that it makes AT&T look like Zappos or Nordstrom.

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Re:When Will the Rest of Us Get Google Fiber? by joezydeco on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @02:49PM (#5172816)

They won't offer >3Mbit or can't offer >3Mbit?

Where I lived, I was so far from the telco that the copper gave out after 1Mbit. And we weren't scheduled for U-Verse. Remember, all U-Verse does is shorten the run of copper wire from your house to the DSL cabinet.

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