From the director of one of the Google Fiber builds (in Provo) that is not the case.
He said they overspent on contractors MAJORLY. And that was just to expand the existing network to all homes in that area. He argued with his bosses about he extravagant added fees on construction but they just said to pay them, no questions asked. I had some of those figures from him at that conversation and some costs were over 80x what it should have been. My best guess is that all the fiber build in certain areas increased the contract cost of build into the stratosphere. And now they are reigning it in and going wireless to attempt to defray the costs. At least with Provo they were not allowed to cherry pick, it was build everyone. And it seems like they picked up a large portion of the communities, but I didn’t get overall take rate. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:56 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber is no more Absolutely they cherry picked. Then they went into MDU’s for pennies and lost their shirts. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 9:34 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber is no more I'd love to see their overall take rates. I have heard numbers of 75-85% in more affluent areas. They cherry picked neighborhoods for sure though. On Oct 25, 2016 10:15 PM, "Rory Conaway" <r...@triadwireless.net<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>> wrote: Big surprise there. They built it and no one came. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf Of Tushar Patel Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 7:14 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber is no more Their contractor are still hiring installer in Austin. Need to probably understand why those cities not others? Tushar On Oct 25, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com<mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> wrote: New ones. They're still deploying existing networks. They just opened up a few new areas in Kansas City recently. On Oct 25, 2016 9:03 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com<mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>> wrote: Moving folks to wireless.... Aye Dios On Oct 25, 2016 7:56 PM, "Gino Villarini" <ginovi...@gmail.com<mailto:ginovi...@gmail.com>> wrote: https://gizmodo.com/google-fiber-halts-operations-in-ten-cities-1788214992?rev=1477443092657&utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
