Google Fiber coming to Austin

Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by reustle on Saturday April 06, 2013 @02:13PM (#5504437)

One of the big factors in deciding which cities to look at is cost I'm sure. They're starting with the smaller cities and moving up. The amount of red tape in cities like SF and NY must be outstanding.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by bluedino on Saturday April 06, 2013 @02:23PM (#5504477)

SF is smaller in size, and slightly smaller in population than Austin.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by DannyBee on Sunday April 07, 2013 @12:29AM (#5506110)

For giggles, take a look at the flow chart for getting a building permit in SF, compared to Austin.

Check out the average times, etc.

Try to imagine for a second how much easier and less expensive it is to deal with Austin than SF.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by csdreamer7 on Sunday April 07, 2013 @05:53AM (#5506668)

Was the link posted elsewhere? I'm interested in this flowchart.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by DannyBee on Sunday April 07, 2013 @01:52PM (#5507971)

http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/SF...

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/04/03/navigating_the_trea... is a wonderful explanation

Realize it is so bad they have a many-page colored guide on replacing a fucking window:

http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/St...

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by mtp0101 on Saturday April 06, 2013 @02:34PM (#5504512)

Yeah, but the entire SF Bay Area is much more populous than the Austin-Round Rock Area

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by protomyth on Saturday April 06, 2013 @10:26PM (#5505868)

SF has more red tape than Austin.

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