Google in Kansas City: A Tale of Two-Speed America

Post by DougN7 » Mon, Sep 14, 2015, 4:57 PM UTC

rhino369 wrote: post #52

bsder wrote: post #16

I am always amazed that people can't figure out why Google is doing this. Google is rolling out fiber to neuter Comcast. Period. Comcast basically blackmailed Google several years back and thought they won. Google, rightfully, now saw Comcast as an existential threat to their business. Google will keep rolling out until they have Comcast by the balls. Only then will they stop.

I disagree. I think it's pretty clear that Google fiber is an attempt to create demand for faster residential connections and provide a model for ISPs to do it. If Google wanted to come at Comcast, they'd be gearing up a lot faster than they are. At this point Google Fiber is mostly FttPR-Fiber to the Press Release. And also, I don't think any of the first several Google Fiber locations were even in Comcast territory…

I'm in a Kansas City suburb, using Comcast, and just about to sign up for Google Fiber. So Google is definitely showing up where Comcast has a presence.

Post by gopowerranger » Tue, Sep 15, 2015, 2:50 AM UTC

nmrm2 wrote: post #80

gopowerranger wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not true of many other cities. There are only about three to five others in the USA with the unique separation of city and county government that St. Louis has. In case you don't understand, the city is not part of any county but has both a chief of police and a sheriff. There are personnel that handle duties that cities don't typically have but do exist for county governments. The county is not part of the city…

> There are only about three to five others in the USA with the unique separation of city and county government that St. Louis has. But a lot of other cities with a comparable population split, so St. Louis's situation isn't as special as its county's residents like to proclaim. > In case you don't understand Having spent several decades in St. Louis, I understand and disagree with this piece of regional folk knowled…

I will reiterate, you absolutely don't understand the history and geopolitics, despite having lived here, and, no, the point I was trying to make was not about the school districts but about statistics defined by the city but given as if they represent the entire city defined in the same way as other cities are.

That you insist on thinking "a lot of other cities with a comparable population split" is the same thing shows you do not understand the geopolitics or the makeup of the region.

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