6 years ago
1
Frustration at Google Fiber Delays Grow in Numerous Cities
Do a Google news search for Google Fiber and you'll find that the hope and hype of a few years ago has largely been replaced by user frustration and annoyance. That annoyance stems from the company's late 2016 revelation that company executives had grown bored of the high cost and slow pace of fiber deployments, and would be laying off numerous employees as the company pondered a shift to less expensive wireless alternatives. Most new deployments would be paused, though the company promised that existing builds wouldn't be impacted.
Continue Reading
https://www.dslreports.com
Join the Discussion
Google found out that they couldn't just walk into cities and install what they wanted, they had to play by AT&T|Comcast rules and they weren't prepared for the hundreds of millions it would cost in each city to do it. So it's just not cost effective to continue the project but they also don't want to admit defeat which would be horrible PR for them. What's really sad about this is that everywhere Google managed to spend the money needed that suddenly the others fell into line and magically could offer prices and speeds that matched which proves they're screwing customers and nobody seems to care.