Yeah, they announced this awhile back. It's the Quicken Loans guys.

http://www.quickenloanscareers.com/family-of-companies/rocket-fiber/

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> I always said if Google Fiber wanted to prove something, they should wire
> Detroit.  Looks like someone else did it:
>
> https://rocketfiber.com/
>
> Oh, and they're claiming 10 gig?
>
> https://twitter.com/search?q=%2310GintheD
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 2:13 PM
>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information
>
> 85% is certainly realistic from my experience.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Josh Reynolds
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 8:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information
>
> I personally know one of their original engineers for Kansas City. I
> have heard they have many areas with 85%+ take rate, and that the
> original free/low-cost tier is a very small percentage in these areas.
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I would like to know what their take rate is in percentage for a given
>> area(s).
>>
>>
>>
>> That number they report is meaningless.
>>
>>
>>
>> I bet their take in Provo is very high.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, it just doesn’t take a lot of employees to run fiber once it’s
>> installed correctly.
>>
>> The layoff may not actually be indicative of anything other than the job
>> is
>> done and now they maintain.
>>
>>
>>
>> I call BS on this article.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway
>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 12:19 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Report-Google-Fiber-to-Cut-Staff-After-User-Totals-Disappoint-137750
>>
>>
>>
>> Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO
>>
>> 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040
>>
>> 602-426-0542
>>
>> [email protected]
>>
>> www.triadwireless.net
>>
>>
>>
>> “Baseball, it is said, is only a game.  True.  And the Grand Canyon is
>> only
>> a hole in Arizona”.  -  George Frederick Will
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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