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minus-squareinterurbain1er@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·edit-21 month agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 month agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
minus-squareMacallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNo, they are still expanding. It’s just happening really slowly. They are actively laying fiber and expanding in several cities in AZ right now. A quick search will bring up cities they are planning on moving into.
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s my understanding
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoYes, it was more expensive than anticipated to lay new fiber and then they had to fight entrenched monopolies in control of regulators at every turn.
Probably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
Eh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
Didn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
They didn’t kill it where it was already running though.
Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
They Just stopped expanding then?
No, they are still expanding. It’s just happening really slowly. They are actively laying fiber and expanding in several cities in AZ right now.
A quick search will bring up cities they are planning on moving into.
That’s my understanding
Yes, it was more expensive than anticipated to lay new fiber and then they had to fight entrenched monopolies in control of regulators at every turn.