Frustration at Google Fiber Delays Grow in Numerous Cities Do a Google news search for Google Fiber and you'll find that the hope and hype of a few years ago has largely been replaced by user frustration and annoyance. That annoyance stems from the company's late 2016 revelation that company executives had grown bored of the high cost and slow pace of fiber deployments, and would be laying off numerous employees as the company pondered a shift to less expensive wireless alternatives. Most new deployments would be paused, though the company promised that existing builds wouldn't be impacted.

Users in already-announced markets say the latter claim is decidedly not the case. While Google tries to figure out what cheaper wireless alternatives might look like, the general consumer reaction from customers has shifted to one of annoyance at projects half completed or paused, and explanations that often leave customers wanting. • In Kansas City, users that had been waiting for years abruptly found many new installations had been cancelled. • In Atlanta, the main story surrounding Google Fiber is one of "unfulfilled promises" and non-answers as to why deployments have stalled. • The same story is playing out in Austin, where customers say they've had hardware installed but still can't actually get service a year later. And because Google engineers are still trying to understand what next-generation and millimeter wave wireless alternatives might look like, frequently the company's PR department has been left flat-footed as it tries to explain why a project that was supposed to revolutionize American broadband seems to have been left idling in neutral. Even some cities where Google now owns wireless infrastructure seem to be losing access to broadband, not gaining it. It's certainly possible that Google Fiber ultimately fully pivots to wireless and continues a hybrid build approach in numerous cities. But given the tone of the company's half-answers over the last few years, it's pretty clear that the company's broadband gambit isn't paying the kind of dividends the company hoped it would, and few would be shocked if the entire project got scuttled or sold in a cost-cutting move a year or two from now. It's certainly possible that Google Fiber ultimately fully pivots to wireless and continues a hybrid build approach in numerous cities. But given the tone of the company's half-answers over the last few years, it's pretty clear that the company's broadband gambit isn't paying the kind of dividends the company hoped it would, and few would be shocked if the entire project got scuttled or sold in a cost-cutting move a year or two from now.







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14 recommendations C0deZer0 Premium Member Google, run by adhd Google: "Android will be the most open operating system, ever!"

Also Google: "we won't let you have adblocking on your phone, and our phones will ape the Apple iPhone harder than ever!"



Google: "Youtube will protect the rights of content creators"

Also google: " we're banning your favorite parody makers because algorithms!"



Google: "we're going to make fiber to the home a reality. Gigabit for everyone that wants it!"

Also google: "yeah, we'll get to you the year after you move out."



There is so much wrong with how this company is run, that i can't tell whether these decisions are even made by real people anymore. It's either that google replaces their executive staff every year with MBA interns, or that they just keep throwing algorithms at it the way that many used to jiggle the Magic 8 ball to figure out what to do.

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@205.127.162.x 4 recommendations Anonb108f Anon Google Fiber SLC Same thing in Salt Lake City. Sign ups opened last year, signed up, paid deposit to get equipment installed early on, and year later no fiber even run to my home. Its on the poles just from the pole to the home isn't there. Google still wont comment on when. the other home, they said they cant even say when (or IF) it will come to the other home in SLC