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Dear Google Fiber: Please, please, please come to Boston and rescue me from Comcast
I was reading an article on ZDNet Tuesday morning about Google Fiber and had planned to write a quick post on it. But when I opened up the BGR dashboard, I found that I couldn’t access it because my wireless modem had crapped out… for the third time in less than two hours. Sadly, this is a fairly common occurrence — as a Boston resident, I’m basically stuck with Comcast as my ISP because it has a regional monopoly.
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I pretty firmly believe that internet in the US is going to get consistently worse, until Google Fiber saves us all.
Comcast/Verizon/TimeWarner are lobbying to allow them to give consumers the legal maximum raw deal. As that gets worse, demand for a better internet (Google Fiber) will rise. Cities will either be haves, or have nots (Re: GF) ... and seeing as local governments are the biggest barrier to Google Fiber being laid, barriers will crumble.