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| Wow... So many misinformed views here.
I was involved with Google and many others during the explosion of citywide Wi-Fi networks. Here's the bottom line:
Google very much put their money where their mouth is in Mountain View. This network was considered the single best engineered and operated of its kind. They spared little cost. The simple fact-of-the-matter is that citywide border-to-border Wi-Fi just didn't work that well, for a huge list of reasons (cost, maintenance, interference/performance, etc).
Let me clarify this: Citywide Wi-Fi does not give Google a competitive broadband delivery service as compared to DSL, Cable, or LTE/4G - experiment done.
It was ALWAYS nothing more than a proof-of-concept, and never did Google commit it would be expanded beyond what it was. Further, I would suggest they've very much delivered above-and-beyond what others who entered similar agreements with municipalities did... believe me, many companies found an exit on many agreements - including the evil telcos. To this extent, Google is a stand-up citizen. | |
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