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Shippy

join:2015-01-25 26 recommendations Shippy Member Yeah quote: Instead of playing by the same rules as everyone else In other words: Suing everyone/paying off politicians until you get your way In other words: Suing everyone/paying off politicians until you get your way

maartena

Elmo

Premium Member

join:2002-05-10

Orange, CA 21 recommendations maartena Premium Member "Select" communities.... We can also mock AT&T for claiming that: "Gigapower is in Los Angeles!", and when you look closer it is a few select apartment buildings, a few select blocks, and they haven't really expanded beyond that since they announced they are in Los Angeles last YEAR.



You only get AT&T Gigapower if you are "select". The folks in Koreatown, East L.A. or Boyle Heights probably will never see Gigapower in their life time.



Also: I know it takes time, but the cable that the AT&T techs said was for Gigapower has been coiled up and dangling from the pole in my back yard for months now.... I know they are still working all over town, but no one is able to tell me anything. And my city isn't even on the map, although Irvine and Anaheim are. You can mock Google Fiber all you want, but you aren't doing all that much better with deployments yourself. athornfam2

join:2013-09-25

York, PA 19 recommendations athornfam2 Member Just Remember Just remember AT$T Google can buy you.

Harddrive

Proud American and Infidel since 1968.

Premium Member

join:2000-09-20

Mission, TX 13 recommendations Harddrive Premium Member AT&T mocks them but... Who is the company doing its damnedest to stop Google from running fiber to compete with local incumbents?

They are so scared of Google Fiber taking away their revenue stream that they will call up every favor of every politician, start as many astroturf campaigns as needed, threaten and sue local governments, and out right lie about how contractors will damage outside plant even though AT&T uses them too. All the while getting taxpayer money from you and I.



AT&T...

American Thugs & Thieves

Another Terrible Tragedy

A**holes Through & Through Bob61571

join:2008-08-08

Washington, IL 13 recommendations Bob61571 Member AT&T, ...How Much Do You Spend Annually on Lobbying 50 State Governments and the US Government? rtsmurf1988

join:2007-12-02

Sandy Hook, CT 12 recommendations rtsmurf1988 Member A special kind of stupid Is it really that wise for the AT&T to poke Google in the eye on this?



Google could reach out a crush AT&T like a bug anytime they want.



This is exactly what happens when a company (AT&T) starts to believe their own hype.



They need to remember the old adage that pride cometh before the fall.



Just my two cents FWIW

battleop

join:2005-09-28

00000 10 recommendations battleop Member AT&T's comments aside... Google really is just a blip on the radar if that. They don't have a significant customer base and their adoption rate is much slower than they thought it would be. There are a lot of other companies out there building their own networks (Munis, Sonic.net, etc) that have built out entire cities with budgets that are a drop in the bucket for someone like Google.



With the resources and cash Google has they should have no problems moving faster than they are. To me this sounds more like Google is disorganized and looking to blame everyone but themselves. TheGhost

Premium Member

join:2003-01-03

Lake Forest, IL 9 recommendations TheGhost Premium Member monopolies / oligopolies take a long time to fall. All at&t is pointing out is that even a company as large as Google has a tough time breaking into a market that is controlled by a company that built its network based with monopoly protections and guaranteed profits. at&t did not get where they were because they were "the best", they got where they are because they were the only game in town and used questionable practices to push out any competition.

bobjohnson

Premium Member

join:2007-02-03

Spartanburg, SC 7 recommendations bobjohnson Premium Member Awe T's jealous... That they've had to pay for government "favoritism" all these years and GF just has to go ask... Slyster

join:2015-01-08

Sugar Grove, VA 4 recommendations Slyster Member Well at least Googles favoritism would apply to more than just them. ATT / CL / Comcast etc favoritism just applies to them.



Maybe Google could start in the more rural areas where it is easier to bury fiber ( less traffic / hardtop ) instead of trying to get on a pole that competitors wont let you on. I bet their uptake on service would be better as well since rural areas are neglected by ISPs. nitin00

join:2010-01-17

Stockton, CA 2 recommendations nitin00 Member Are they lying? Seriously love or hate att are they actually lying? No matter how much basing of att gigapower goes on here on the front page people failed to look inside forums when there are cities actually getting gigapower. Is the whole city lit up? no but gigapower is expanding.



I am getting mine installed tomorrow in the city that is an after thought lol.



So They are going where they can get it done easily first. Nothing is stopping att from expanding further. They are expanding at the pace that is steady and doesn't piss off share holders.



Truth is google is probably realizing how much money it is costing them building from ground up and not having existing wiring and the approvals that att has. Att just has an advantage. Google should just come out and spend the cash if they really want google fiber every where. Truth is its hard, I mean going fro nothing to getting fiber everywhere and building a network from ground up is no easy task. I am not surprised they might be backing away from it and going the wireless gigabit route.