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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Google fibre only exists in the US because there's no LLU and residents are left with a stark choice between slow ADSL or expensive fibre bundled with pay TV. Fortunately, we in Europe have far more choice thanks to LLU.
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Then why were
Google talking to CityFibre at all?
You're right about the situation in the US and it's an appalling one, but I think Google's reasoning is that not enough was being invested in the infrastructure so they took matters into their own hands in the place that mattered most - their own back yard, where arguably the situation was worse.
Europe is certainly much better, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the best choice. FTTC speeds of 80Mbit might be a great jump from where we were a few years ago, but it still pales in comparison to what Google wants to provide - and that's before even looking at the upstream. Even if Virgin were to double their speeds again tomorrow, it wouldn't compare to Google's pure fibre so I wouldn't rule out Google deploying at all. I'm sure they will, eventually, though it looks as though they'd rather partner with an existing ISP than build the entire network themselves.