 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3
 ·Comcast
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Re: Lol, Surewest bought by Google...ha ha ha ha ha said by mob: Surewest is expanding their FTTH footprint in select areas, however none of those areas are in Kansas City Missouri or Kansas.
Incorrect.
Surewest bought a FTTH provider in KC 3-4 years ago that provide 100/100 service to part of the city.
So buying that part (or ALL) of surewest would give you their pole ROW, plus some local expertise on the build out history.
The reverse sceniro is to pay surewest to build out and operate the google-FI net during the experiment life, just as they have Sonic running the Stanford test.
google is learning from this, and the first lesson is it isn't as simple or quick as putting up Xmas lights in Mt view.
how many more years before this "flash build" is done? |
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| As soon as Google announced KC area, I was expecting that eventually Surewest would take over managing the day to day operations and support for Google, but I didn't anticipate Google buying Surewest. I suppose it's a realistic possibility to expedite the almost obvious outcome of Surewest being involved in some way. |
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 mobModerhatedPremium
join:2000-10-07
 ·SureWest Internet
 ·Vonage
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to tshirt
said by tshirt:said by mob: Surewest is expanding their FTTH footprint in select areas, however none of those areas are in Kansas City Missouri or Kansas.
Incorrect. Surewest bought a FTTH provider in KC 3-4 years ago that provide 100/100 service to part of the city. So buying that part (or ALL) of surewest would give you their pole ROW, plus some local expertise on the build out history. The reverse sceniro is to pay surewest to build out and operate the google-FI net during the experiment life, just as they have Sonic running the Stanford test. google is learning from this, and the first lesson is it isn't as simple or quick as putting up Xmas lights in Mt view. how many more years before this "flash build" is done? Actually, Surewest bought out EverestKC, a cable company that has some FTTH services. The company provides far more traditional cable connections than it does FTTH connections, for now. If you want to call them up and find out how limited their FTTH deployment is, feel free their number is 913-825-3000
Furthermore, Surewest DOES NOT SERVICE KANSAS CITY KANSAS. Also, the company has stated several times in local news articles that the company is not going to offer FTTH services on the small areas they serve on the Missouri side.
»www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n···ity.html
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tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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·Comcast
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I don't know that the really want to buy them. After all google does intend to walk away from this experiment at some point, contracting/providing surewest (or any other scalable experineced FTTH builder operator) with capital/grants to get it done.
and leave an ongoing sustanable network when they leave. (to avoid the bad PR "Google gives up !") |
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