Yeah, I hope his head doesn't explode but haters are gonna hate even when reasonable information is provided. I've posted links to numbers before and yet still pretends nobody is using the service. He uses the argument of how much the city takes on yet I've explained to him many times KC, MO is willing to offer same conditions to other ISPs as long as they provide similar free/low priced services in each hood (Google gives free Gbit to a couple public orgs in every hood and then the cheap 5M service).
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www.cnet.com/news/google ··· petitor/In terms of current homes passed by...
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The initial numbers from the survey when it comes to market penetration are very promising. In medium to high-income neighborhoods, Google Fiber is capturing about 75 percent of the homes passed with its Google Fiber service. In low-income neighborhoods penetration rates are closer to 30 percent. The analysts concluded that Google Fiber has gained a significant foothold in its early Kansas City fiberhoods. And that consumers are highly satisfied with the service and would recommend it to others.
In terms of pre-registrations, according to someone from City are in the 20-35% range of all households, 2-3X higher than Google requires overall (halfway down page)...
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kcrag.com/viewtopic.php? ··· art=1660They've laid down 7000 miles of FTTH so far in KC, before hitting the suburbs. Even if Google pulls out eventually, that's a significant infrastructure investment that KC will continue to benefit from.