[PLUG-TALK] Google Fiber - delayed

[John Jason Jordan]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:08:01 -0700
Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> dijo:

>>>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> writes:
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>John> On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:09:34 -0700 Pete Lancashire
>John> <pete at petelancashire.com> dijo:

>Almost certainly CenturyLink.  They are only doing this because they
>are terrified that Google will land and they'll become completely
>irrelevant.  And, yes, that's a guess, but I think it's a pretty good
>one.  They are trying to get installed ahead of Google to try to scare
>them away, hoping to make Googles business case weaker, because they've
>already captured a lot of the market.  The reality is that CenturyLink
>is such a horrible company and has such a horriby customer experience,
>that they won't hold very many of the customers they have if there is
>an alternative.  Google charges half of what CenturyLink is.  Google
>Fiber customer service can NOT be as bad as CenturyLink, which is like
>having your arm slowly gnawed off by wolverines.

I wonder if this is why Google hasn't announced yet.