City builds open-access broadband network with Google Fiber as its first ISP:
The West Des Moines government's announcement said that "once the City installs conduit in the public right of way, broadband providers will pay a license fee to install their fiber in the City's conduit. Google Fiber will be the first tenant in the network." A conduit-license agreement "calls for Google Fiber to cover a portion of the construction cost to build conduit... through their monthly lease payments."
"On a monthly basis, Google Fiber would pay the city $2.25 for each household that connects to the network," according to the Des Moines Register. Google Fiber would pay the city a minimum of $4.5 million over 20 years.
Construction is expected to begin this fall and be completed in about two and a half years, the city said.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by looorg on Wednesday July 08 2020, @11:18PM (5 children)
Seems a bit pricey. So Google pays the city $2.25 per household, the households pay $70 each month to get access. Not a bad deal for the city I gather, or does pork cost extra in Des Moines Iowa? Still it's nice of them to put the bulk of the cost on the customers and not on Google. So how much data does Google gather on all their new customers? They are paying $2.25 for something and it's not just for goodness and to build profiles on thousands of new customers.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by krishnoid on Thursday July 09 2020, @12:18AM (3 children)
Would you be willing to pay a little extra to know you won't have to deal with a local telco or (shudder) cable TV provider for your Internet access?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by looorg on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:19AM (2 children)
Possibly. But I would still like to know what Goggle get for their $2.25. They are paying for something but it's not really laid out in the article, as far as I could tell at a glance.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:28AM
Access to customers paying them the profit margin left over from the $70.
(Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Thursday July 09 2020, @06:23AM
The right to access the conduit, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday July 09 2020, @06:21AM
Not to "get access", you silly.
All pornhub you can watch every months gotta worth something.
And this is traffic, passing through Google's (ISP's) network.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford