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by monocasa 2564 days ago
All those examples are cool, but how do they practically solve the base issues that Google ran into wrt to right of way and easements.

All of those examples are the kind of thing that municipalities do because it's easy and doesn't actually address any of the base issues.

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>But the key thing was that city officials promised to get out of the media giant's way. They didn't dangle tax breaks, but they did deliver access to public rights of way, expedite the permiting process, offer space in city facilities and provide assistance with marketing and public relations.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliseackerman/2012/08/04/how-ka...

Provo sold them their fiber network for $1 as another example. Every city that got Google Fiber gave up concessions and promised to help Google expedite construction.