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As Google Fiber fights AT&T and Comcast over access to utility poles in Nashville, the new ISP says it hasn’t been able to get access to 44,000 poles in the city.
Google Fiber launched in Nashville in April, but expansion throughout the city has been slow in part because of pole access problems. Under the current process, Google Fiber has to wait for other carriers to perform “make ready” work that gets poles ready for Google to attach its own wires. Google Fiber is pushing a “one touch make ready” ordinance that would authorize the ISP to make all of the necessary wire adjustments itself without having to wait for incumbent providers to send their own construction crews. AT&T and Comcast have fought against the proposal.
With a Nashville Metro Council vote scheduled for September 6, Google Fiber published statistics yesterday detailing the scope of its problem.
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Source: Ars Technica – Google Fiber says it hasn’t gotten access to 44,000 poles in Nashville