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Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company (arstechnica.com)
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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And here I am still waiting for google fiber to reach my part of the neighborhood. I guess another one bites the dust.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

There's an obvious reason as to why. Municipal bureaucracy makes it unfeasible.

[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If only companies were allowed to just do what they wanted without rules and regulations... What a beautiful distopian nightmare we would live! Also the line would go vertical! One can only dream

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

We'll all be hyperlooping around Mars here soon! 🤞