Mediacom Communications Corp. subsidiary MCC Iowa LLC this week filed a petition with the FCC seeking review of the rights-of-way management practices of the city of West Des Moines and what the company calls the city’s exclusive relationship with Google…
Google Fiber is bringing 2 gig service to additional markets in Utah (Salt Lake City and Provo) and to Atlanta. The service is already available in Nashville and Huntsville, Ala. Google Fiber began testing 2 gig service back in September…
MCC Iowa LLC, a subsidiary of Mediacom Communications Corporation, a long-time cable and broadband provider in the area, has sued the City of West Des Moines and the West Des Moines City Council, alleging that they are improperly using taxpayer-backed…
Google Fiber is soliciting test participants in Nashville, Tenn. and Huntsville, Ala. for a 2 Gbps service slated to start next month. The Google Fiber 2 Gbps service will double the current 1 Gbps speed of the Google platform. The…
Google Fiber is coming to Iowa, thanks to the city of West Des Moines. It’s a tad surprising, given Google Fiber’s fairly low key nature in the past few years. West Des Moines has approved a measure to build an…
New Google Fiber customers no longer will be able to subscribe to the company’s linear TV service known as Google Fiber TV. As an alternative, Google is offering customers fuboTV, a streaming video service. In addition, customers can opt for…
Google Fiber will be pulling out of its Louisville, Kentucky market, the company said in a blog post. The decision was triggered by problems the company has encountered with a non-traditional construction method that involve digging shallower trenches than unusual…
Google is seeking industry support for a new Google Fiber vision for a passive optical network (PON) fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture that would increase the distance between the central office and the customer, said Claudio DeSanti, architect for Google, today. The…
Never afraid to mix things up with the ever-changing Google Fiber model, Google has picked its San Antonio launch to introduce several new changes. For starters, Google Fiber’s gigabit pricing has been reduced to $55/month, down from $70 in its…
A federal judge has upheld a Louisville “One Touch Make Ready” law that allows a communications service provider to hire a contractor to move another service provider’s equipment when installing new equipment on a utility pole. The pole attachment ruling…
More tough times at Google Fiber as Alphabet Access (parent of Google Fiber) CEO Gregory McCray has stepped down after only five months on the job. McCray was hired after a short stint by Craig Barret. These leadership changes come…
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