said by cousintim:said by motorola870:Google would have to get a statewide franchise agreement for Google fiber and nothing has been filed or found to be filed so I say no google fiber for you Austin!
A statewide license is only required to offer video and it is very easy to obtain in Texas. Securing it is far from the first approval Google would need. City right-of-ways initially would be important and I suspect Google and the City of Austin already have an agreement, since city officials leaked the news and will be present for the announcement.
the right of way might not be the City of Austin's doing more like At&t which might cause an issue if they are trying to get a sweet heart deal like they did in Kansas City. Watch TWC and At&t demand that they get the same rights as Google does as Google cheated the system in Kansas City by getting kickbacks that the other providers did not get at first.
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