What’s the incumbent response to Google Fiber? What’s our response?
No need to wonder what the incumbents will do. We, who have been pushing for municipal and community owned broadband, open networks, line-sharing and alternatives to the monopoly/duopoly, know all too well that cable and incumbent telecom operators will oppose Google’s attempts to bring more competition into the “middle mile” and the last mile.
This article on AnnArbor.com cites me and others like Steve Pierce, co-founder of Wireless Ypsilanti, expressing our belief that the incumbents will spend millions of dollars, as…




