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Are you saying that IF they announce CLT as a location, they would not be open to expanding their network to all of Mecklenburg county? I'd think they'd be very interested in gaining more customers especially if it means running a line across a municipal city limit.
I'm thinking otherwise.
I'm definitely not saying that. Im not them, so I don't know their plans. What I said (and will say again) is that Google Fiber has a map, with candidate cities on it. And in RDU and Atlanta, they went out of their way to highlight specifically that they are bringing Fiber to suburb cities of those respective metros and they did not do so with Charlotte. Additional plans I've seen (the hut PDF for Charlotte) suggest the same.
Ultimately Google is out to make a splash. I'm not sure why they are ignoring Charlotte metro cities and acknowledging others. At the end of the day, they have to decide where to lay infrastructure. Maybe they decided that the huts and cost for Gastonia/Matthews/huntersville would be better invested in an additional city for more press. Or they felt that the Raleigh and Atlanta suburbs are more promising for this type of internet? I don't know the answer, just a thought.
^It's going to cost significantly to put that first customer online. Every customer they can add after the fact reduces those per/seat costs. Utilities in general have an almost infinite economy of scale so it would be worth their while to keep expanding their local system.
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They should also consider Harrisburg, Concord, Gastonia and Fort Mill. And definitely Davidson, Huntersville, and Cornelius. And I wonder if they will also offer a TV service.
Kings Mountain already has the backbone of a fiber optic system laid.
^It's going to cost significantly to put that first customer online. Every customer they can add after the fact reduces those per/seat costs. Utilities in general have an almost infinite economy of scale so it would be worth their while to keep expanding their local system.
It appears obvious to me that they are leaving out Charlotte's suburban cities. They have highlighted Nashville the same way. And as you can see, they do not provide service to metro Austin or Provo, but do for metro Kansas City. So far if they've promoted it, they've done it. And if not, well, they haven't.
It appears obvious to me that they are leaving out Charlotte's suburban cities. They have highlighted Nashville the same way.
Nashville has a consolidated city/county government. Nashville = all of Davidson county. You can't directly compare municipal limits of other places until you set some sort of baseline.
Nashville has a consolidated city/county government. Nashville = all of Davidson county. You can't directly compare municipal limits of other places until you set some sort of baseline.
Ha-ha, okay. I give up. It's probably coming to all of metro Charlotte, including its suburban cities. Revel in your victory.
You're effectively ignoring examples like Austin (same size as Charlotte) and Provo to support your hope that the Charlotte metro cities are getting Fiber. While it'd be nice, I just don't see it. I get that you hope it happens, but all actual information we have is pointing to the opposite. Maybe I'm wrong and we will find out on Wedenesday. But I doubt it.
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