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Hmm, that's a good question. It's not clear to me at what level of government the most stifling regulations are. I had also read that they wanted to offer phone services for free, but they dropped those due to the incredibly high regulations in that field as well.

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-to-government-let-us-build-...

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That article shows Google wanting new regulations imposed in some areas (forcing local governments and utilities to accommodate Google), but not wanting relief from net neutrality regulations.

> That article shows Google wanting new regulations imposed in some areas

Where did you get that? Kevin Lo from Google is quoted as saying "Regulations tied to physical infrastructure sometimes defer the investment altogether". Are you saying that in reference to something else?

Google's wanting federal regulations enacted to cut the local red tape, some of which is from local governments and some is from incumbent utilities.

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