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Google did lose a good number of potential customers with their slow expansion and lack of communication. Allowed ATT to come in ahead. Then again the only reason ATT ever came in with fiber is because Google.
And I'm sure AT&T did all it could to slow Google's roll out of their fiber service.
And I'm sure AT&T did all it could to slow Google's roll out of their fiber service.
I do t know if they did anything that isn't public, but luckily, so far, the issues that plagued places like Nashville haven't come up here. They also started in area with almost all underground service, which helps regarding pole access issues, but they've been working in parts of raleigh for a while on poles too without issues coming up. I'm actually shocked that there was no big problem.
Google did lose a good number of potential customers with their slow expansion and lack of communication. Allowed ATT to come in ahead. Then again the only reason ATT ever came in with fiber is because Google.
Definitely true. I live in Morrisville and I had AT&T fiber in my neighborhood for years but no Uverse service. Uverse finally got activated two months before Google finished up, and a lot of people (including me) went for it.
Sadly, where I'm moving in Durham next month has no fiber at all it seems.
I received an invitation to sign up for Google Fiber. I live in the BCCC, in the Pine Valley neighborhood. But I've been told, on nextdoor, I think that it actually takes several more weeks before you can get service. There is still digging and work that has to happen.
Does Google give you a wireless router, and do you have control of it, or is it managed by Google?
We also received the email in Regency in BCCC. I signed up (by phone) and they have told me 2-3 months minimum. I commented that they had never even laid any cable in the Regency, Durham County part. That the nearest cable was at least 1/3 a mile away (at the Wake/Durham County Border just inside Regency). That gave him pause, and said, "well, I guess we're going to have to do A LOT of digging there."
For us, I'm not getting my hopes up. I just have this feeling that they are gonna show up, realize that Regency is a different county, and say "oops, we shouldn't have sent that email." Then I'm gonna be pissed.
In your section of BCCC, if you've got cable nearby, it's still going to be 1-2 months. They have to dig in front of your home, too.
So, I signed up today. The google site does say they give you a wireless router with 4 ethernet connections. Now I wait, and wait. Interesting how they charge you $10 to sign up. You get the money back.
We got Google Fiber in August, as soon as it was available. I'm in W. Cary, on the line with Morrisville. Love Google Fiber. Cheaper than Time-Warner/Spectrum AND we get more for our money. The husband is thrilled with the lower price (he's hated TW for years) and I get all my required channels (mostly documentary channels like Military History) and we can DVR on ALL the TVs, not just one, and also can record many more shows than Time-Warner offered.
Good-riddance TW!
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