I recall getting shouted down because I said Google wasn't any better than the incumbents and that they'd cherry-pick the better neighborhoods and leave the rest in the dark. Some Google fanboi insisted they'd wire the ghettos and show everyone how it's done.
Speaking as a Google Fiber customer it seems like the only cherry-picking they did was based on whether their was enough interest in each 'fiberhood'. My neighborhood is not a rich one.
My sister is in a different neighborhood and was able to get their free fiber service by agreeing to pay only the $300 installation fee, which Google split into $25 payments across 12 months. I was expecting hidden fees but once that first year was over she received no more bills.
Running all new wiring to every home, in every neighborhood, in every city, is a boondoggle of epic proportions. It's an enormous expense that no private business can justify.
In Kansas City Google only ran fiber to the home of people that signed up for their service. And only in 'fiberhoods' where enough people signed up for their service to make it worth the expense of installing the infrastructure in that area.
I find it rather odd that Google can digitize millions of books to share with the world and everyone is excited about it (including me) but if I want to copy my own CD's and DVD's to store on my PC for easy personal access I can be sued by the RIAA or MPAA for violating the DMCA. Something's not right with that.
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I recall getting shouted down because I said Google wasn't any better than the incumbents and that they'd cherry-pick the better neighborhoods and leave the rest in the dark. Some Google fanboi insisted they'd wire the ghettos and show everyone how it's done.
Speaking as a Google Fiber customer it seems like the only cherry-picking they did was based on whether their was enough interest in each 'fiberhood'. My neighborhood is not a rich one.
My sister is in a different neighborhood and was able to get their free fiber service by agreeing to pay only the $300 installation fee, which Google split into $25 payments across 12 months. I was expecting hidden fees but once that first year was over she received no more bills.
I don't know anybody who has dark fiber running to their house. Who would run fiber to a home and not light it up?
Once Google Fiber goes under I'll have dark fiber running to my home.
Running all new wiring to every home, in every neighborhood, in every city, is a boondoggle of epic proportions. It's an enormous expense that no private business can justify.
In Kansas City Google only ran fiber to the home of people that signed up for their service. And only in 'fiberhoods' where enough people signed up for their service to make it worth the expense of installing the infrastructure in that area.
They've buried or hung new fiber all over the Kansas City area.
Google didn't mention if they checked to see if the user account is set to automatically forward all mail to an external mailbox.
It is good practice to use multiple passwords for different services.
What good is that when you can reset/recover all passwords using the same email account?
Then you just need a unique email account for each service that you sign up for.
I find it rather odd that Google can digitize millions of books to share with the world and everyone is excited about it (including me) but if I want to copy my own CD's and DVD's to store on my PC for easy personal access I can be sued by the RIAA or MPAA for violating the DMCA. Something's not right with that.