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City Builds Open-Access Broadband Network with Google Fiber as its First ISP

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 08 2020, @08:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the build-it-and-they-will-come dept.

Freeman writes:

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: 4, Interesting) by krishnoid on Thursday July 09 2020, @12:18AM (3 children)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday July 09 2020, @12:18AM (#1018434)

    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?

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by looorg on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:19AM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:19AM (#1018462)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:28AM (#1018518)

      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

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 09 2020, @06:23AM (#1018562) Journal

      Possibly. But I would still like to know what Goggle get for their $2.25.

      The right to access the conduit, of course.

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