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WDRB reports that Google Fiber is ending their service in Louisville, Kentucky. The withdrawal of the ISP comes after customers suffered from serious service outages on Wednesday, and the local news station claims that Louisville is the first city Google Fiber has abandoned. The report also says that the town spent "$382,328 on outside lawyers to defend the ordinance in lawsuits from AT&T and the cable company now called Spectrum" in 2015.
"We're not living up to the high standards we set for ourselves, or the standards we've demonstrated in other Fiber cities," the company said. "We would need to essentially rebuild our entire network in Louisville to provide the great service that Google Fiber is known for, and that's just not the right business decision for us." In cold comfort, Google Fiber said it will use the "lessons" from its stint in Louisville in the other cities it serves, where no changes are planned... Louisville's public works department allowed Google Fiber to try a new approach to running fiber - cutting shallow trenches into the pavement of city streets to bury cables. It led to a lot of problems, including sealant that popped out of the trenches and snaked over the roadways.
"We're not living up to the high standards we set for ourselves, or the standards we've demonstrated in other Fiber cities," the company said. "We would need to essentially rebuild our entire network in Louisville to provide the great service that Google Fiber is known for, and that's just not the right business decision for us." In cold comfort, Google Fiber said it will use the "lessons" from its stint in Louisville in the other cities it serves, where no changes are planned... Louisville's public works department allowed Google Fiber to try a new approach to running fiber - cutting shallow trenches into the pavement of city streets to bury cables. It led to a lot of problems, including sealant that popped out of the trenches and snaked over the roadways.
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