Google 'Disappointed' With AT&T Action on Google Fiber Deployment, Blog Says
Google Fiber is disappointed AT&T has gone to court in an effort to block Louisville, Kentucky's, efforts to increase broadband and video competition (see 1602260043), Google said on its Google Fiber Blog Friday. "One Touch Make Ready" policies reduce cost,…
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disruption and delay by allowing the work needed to prepare a utility pole for new fiber to be attached in as little as a single visit -- which means more safety for drivers and the neighborhood, the blog said. The work would be done by a team of contractors the pole owner itself has approved, instead of having multiple crews from multiple companies working on the same pole over weeks or months, Google said. In response to the lawsuit, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer was quoted as saying, "We will vigorously defend the lawsuit filed today by AT&T. Gigabit fiber is too important to our city's future." "Mayor Fischer, we couldn’t agree with you more, and stand with you," Google said in its post.