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awaythrowme

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    Comment #5570952

    They wouldn't have access to that fiber, they would have to do their own fiber drop and I point out why that's bad in the remainder of my previous post. Regarding ATT/Texas: Having…

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    Comment #5570951

    They wouldn't have access to that fiber, they would have to do their own fiber drop and I point out why that's bad in the remainder of my previous post. Regarding ATT/Texas: Having…

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    Comment #5568387

    Presumably those competitors won't have access to fiber to the home. Besides the fact that it doesn't make sense to roll out separate fiber for each provider it is clear that munic…

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    Comment #5568342

    The problem is that when a company owns the last mile it has a natural monopoly. An incumbent being overthrown isn't the same as having long lasting competition.

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    Comment #5568329

    The point is that the lines will no longer be owned by the city.

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    Comment #5567119

    How could it? Google would own the infrastructure in the city making competition extremely difficult. New monopolist, same as the old monopolist.

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    Comment #5567093

    It is a really bad deal because it eliminates municipal ownership of the infrastructure that would facilitate competition. Instead they are installing a new monopolist which will o…

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    Comment #5567063

    Don't forget the data caps.

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    Comment #5558282

    Take him seriously about what? That he has built the devices he claims to have built? That he actually wants widespread wearable computing?

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    Comment #5538293

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francization#Francization_in_Qu... Any large company should have a policy document which states the absurd rules including installation of French softw…