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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by valas on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @11:44PM (#7229491)
Citation?

There is no use for Google to participate in long-haul wholesale. There is a lot of supply there. The real issue is last mile, where consumers have no choice.

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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:16AM (#7231121)
>There is a lot of supply there.

But the rules just changed. It remains to be seen what those guys will do. But I agree that the last-mile competition, or lack of it is far more important.

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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by ensignavenger on Friday February 14, 2014 @10:54AM (#7239162)
Really? The last time I checked, the cost for fiber optic back-haul was ridiculous! I need to get some new quotes within the next few months, though- we shall see.
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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by nostrademons on Friday February 14, 2014 @04:29AM (#7237656)
That's what Google Fiber is, which is (slowly) rolling out to multiple cities.
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