Google Fiber was more about scaring ISPs into investing in fiber, than serving its own fiber. Once bribery and lawsuits failed to stop Google Fiber, ISPs started to compete.
https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/07/21/how-google-fiber-wo...
I’m pretty confident that my pest control company will be around for a while. If there’s a problem with my HVAC system, I know I’ll be able to call the people who installed it. The company I bought my cars from will be selling cars for a long time. And I could go on.
Google has the right to do this, but they’re starting to gain a reputation for it and that’s not going to be good for them.
No it doesn't. That pest control company may pack up and leave (although this is admittedly unlikely), but AT&T and Verizon are legally obligated to offer POTS service.
And I’m not talking about POTS service. I don’t have it.
Starting? It's been a running joke around certain communities (including this one) for years and years.
I don't use anything from Google I'd consider critical if there is a reasonable competitor.
Say what you want about Microsoft they generally don't just chop you off at the knee's (I mean they've done it but not in the way google does).
Telco is regulated, so if Verizon abandons your market, they will need to have a plan that leaves you with service. Which is most likely to be selling it to Frontier.
That Google is willing to abandon markets for Fiber is really a testament to their strategy here: Google fiber was not a real attempt to be an ISP, they just wanted to show it was possible to inspire incumbents to get gigabit out to people. Once AT&T started rolling out gigabit fiber, Google was done.