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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by daigoba66 on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @01:33PM (#8954766)
In my market (Atlanta) it's not even really about the speed. Granted Comcast is far more expensive per mbps than Google Fiber. It is "fast enough" except that Comcast will cap data usage to about 300 GB per month before charging fees.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by res0nat0r on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:32PM (#8955146)
I have 105Mb Comcast internet service with no caps. I don't think the cap applies everywhere.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by pconner on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:48PM (#8955737)
Atlanta was one of the "test markets" for AT&T's data cap (which is expected to be applied to other parts of the country soon). It might be the same for Comcast.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by mitchty on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:38PM (#8956619)
God I hope not, I just looked at my usage and one month (November) I had 800G of transfer.

I backed up a lot that month, been making a lot of videos lately.

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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by mbreese on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:16PM (#8955049)
Maybe they are targeting area that have data caps? Perhaps that's one reason why Google hasn't announced anything in the Bay Area.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by mrgriscom on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @01:30AM (#8958440)
Google said that any fiber project in CA is basically a non-starter due to all the hoops they'd have to jump through to comply with CA's environmental impact assessment laws.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by pconner on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:47PM (#8955725)
They are considering the south Bay, though. It's close to home for them.
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