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Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Thursday April 18, 2013 @10:58AM (#5570951)
They wouldn't have access to that fiber, they would have to do their own fiber drop and I point out why that's bad in the remainder of my previous post.
Regarding ATT/Texas: Having a competitor is not what economists mean when they refer to competition.
Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @09:10PM (#5568387)
Presumably those competitors won't have access to fiber to the home. Besides the fact that it doesn't make sense to roll out separate fiber for each provider it is clear that municipal owned fiber would decrease barriers to entry and therefore increase competition. You simply cannot expect good outcomes in situations of monopoly/oligopoly regardless of who the monopolists are.
Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @08:55PM (#5568342)
The problem is that when a company owns the last mile it has a natural monopoly. An incumbent being overthrown isn't the same as having long lasting competition.
Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @08:51PM (#5568329)
The point is that the lines will no longer be owned by the city.
Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:49PM (#5567119)
How could it? Google would own the infrastructure in the city making competition extremely difficult. New monopolist, same as the old monopolist.
Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:46PM (#5567093)
It is a really bad deal because it eliminates municipal ownership of the infrastructure that would facilitate competition. Instead they are installing a new monopolist which will only seem to improve things in the short term.
Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:41PM (#5567063)
Don't forget the data caps.
Re:Google Glass API Documentation
on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @10:33AM (#5558282)
Take him seriously about what? That he has built the devices he claims to have built? That he actually wants widespread wearable computing?
Re:Why aren't Cubans, Quebecois, Saudis, Syrians allowed in Google Cod...
on Friday April 12, 2013 @09:27AM (#5538293)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francization#Francization_in_Qu...
Any large company should have a policy document which states the absurd rules including installation of French software versions and use of French keyboards, hiring and e-mail policies. I believe the policies only apply to businesses with over 50 employees so you would not have encountered them in the public sector.