Back in the late 90s (I think it was, maybe early 2000s), some company was laying new fiber from Nashville down the US231 corridor to Huntsville. You couldn't miss the mess they made in the hills south of Shelbyville. I forget who it was at the time (Bluestar maybe?), but I heard it never went anywhere. Then not long after it had been more or less completed, I heard it from a reliable source that Google had bought it all up, and that they were quietly doing so all around the country with grand plans at some point to spring it into action. I guess this is part of that plan now over a decade later, and it makes sense that Nashville would be a candidate based on what I heard back then. What I know about it is 2nd or 3rd hand no doubt, but it does fit the mold. This could be a real game changer for the likes of Comcast and might be part of what spurned the Comcast/TW proposed merger. Sounds sweet to me!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Csaba Toth Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Google Fiber? I thought that Fresno, CA (where I live now) is on the top 10 of that list. Now looking at the map it's a huge void there instead of a pin... Ok, after some search there was a big churn in the news about this: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?id=7351710 http://www.fresno.gov/News/PressReleases/2011/GoogleFiber.htm etc. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Amber Adams <[email protected]> wrote: Fast residential service is actually the least important thing about Google Fiber coming to Nashville. The business potential this will create, particularly within health care (which is Nashville's biggest industry), could easily impact every person who works in technology around this city. Faster Netflix streaming is nice but we should also be thinking about it from the standpoint of how our employers might want to exploit the opportunity, or even how we as technologists might exploit it from an entrepreneurial standpoint. Amber Adams On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Drew <[email protected]> wrote: I'm (sort of) with Jack. I'm actually close enough to Clarksville to get Charter. But I'm very lucky in that. People one road away from me don't have cable, and can't get it. I wish I thought Google Fiber in Nashville would do me any good. It won't, but I'm pulling for you guys anyhow. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: Tin can and wet string, grumble, barbed wire networking, grumble, no cable/DSL/fiber, grumble whine -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
