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by ThatDan 3313 days ago
Glad it worked!

I was spot-checking various addresses but Sonic's captcha makes it painful. Interestingly there seems to be no correlation to when a permit was pulled vs when service is actually available. There are addresses covered by permits from last year that aren't serviceable until 2018!

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Budgeting? Staffing skills? Cautious entry? Revenue ROI projection validation?

Could be a range of factors....

Having the permit doesnt mean the fiber is pulled.

Fiber puller could be a third party installer and the negotiate contract cost/schedule/other legal-BS

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I recall seeing some guys in 2012 up near 21st and Market, above castro - noe valley border, installing fiber. I stopped and asked them who tey were pulling the fiber for and the said "google" -- although google still doesnt have any residential fiber in that area that I know of... I could only think it was more for a "googler" as opposed to "google" or a "google user" -- or the guy was BSing...

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Anyway, permit doent mean the lines are slpliced/polished/terminated and that they have equipment to light them up yet.

Heck - they may have access to conduit etc... but they may not have equipment space negotiations with some telco who has a CO in the area. and you know how much fun telco-to-telco contracting agreements are....

Very very true. I should clarify that the map is speculative at best.