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by rayiner 1038 days ago
> All of a sudden, Comcast, Centurylink and even the local utility company are out spending money I guess they didn't have to upgrade their networks to support fiber.

It doesn’t sound like Comcast built fiber in your story. 1.2 gig down/40 meg up sounds like cable.

> You know why google fiber wasn't successful? It's because people are lazy

I didn’t say anything about Google Fiber being successful or not. I’m asking why Google wouldn’t agree to these community coverage requirements.