there are numerous reports about this on the press lately : http://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-high-speed-web-plans-hit-snags-1471193165
https://www.theinformation.com/inside-the-battle-over-google-fiber?token=QXfYHX9rFRSLb3l690owLQ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602184/google-fiber-stalls-as-the-industry-gears-up-for-ultrafast-wireless/ https://news.fastcompany.com/google-fiber-hits-speed-bumps-as-alphabet-looks-to-cut-costs-4017742 On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > "The slow pace of digging up streets to install fiber is the primary > contributor." > > All the facts really say is that it's not as easy as they thought. I > think almost anybody who ever started an ISP found out it wasn't as easy as > they thought, and that plans don't survive contact with reality. > > Which part is BS? > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Sterling Jacobson" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: 8/26/2016 10:11:14 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information > > > I would like to know what their take rate is in percentage for a given > area(s). > > > > That number they report is meaningless. > > > > I bet their take in Provo is very high. > > > > Also, it just doesn’t take a lot of employees to run fiber once it’s > installed correctly. > > The layoff may not actually be indicative of anything other than the job > is done and now they maintain. > > > > I call BS on this article. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2016 12:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber information > > > > https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Report-Google-Fiber- > to-Cut-Staff-After-User-Totals-Disappoint-137750 > > > > *Rory Conaway **• Triad Wireless •** CEO* > > *4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040* > > *602-426-0542 <602-426-0542>* > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > *http://www.triadwireless.net/ <http://www.triadwireless.net/>* > > > > “Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is > only a hole in Arizona”. - George Frederick Will > > > > > >
