[TriLUG] Google fiber

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

Google Fiber has been a real disappointment for a lot of folks.

My brother-in-law has a business in a poorer area of Charlotte.  When he
moved in, there was no Spectrum available, but he noticed a Google Fiber
terminal in the telecom closet.

Google's online tool said it wasn't available at his office.  He had to
call them and push through multiple layers of folks to find out that Google
*used* to provide fiber there, but they pulled out of that area.

They literally have fiber in the ground/on poles and a terminal *in his
office* and they will no longer hook it up.

...so he's got DSL.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 12:26 PM Alan Sterger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I have gigabit Google Fiber.
>
> Our development's Fiber was run in October 2017 using the micro-trench
> method where a rotating saw blade cuts through roadway asphalt where it
> meets the concrete curb, stuff in the fiber, then seal the narrow trench
> with an asphalt sealer.  Our recurring issues happen in winter during
> hard freezes (~20 degrees).  The sealant actually pops up out of the
> trench, like a cobra snake.  We have had the contractor back nearly
> every spring since it was installed.  I believe the contractor is
> testing different sealers.
>
> -- Alan
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