Google Fiber coming to Austin

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)

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

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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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