On: Google Fiber Was Doomed from the Start

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> We are talking about a monopoly on exyraordinarily high speed internet which is really only used for entertainment.

And online banking, and school, and working from home, and stock trading, and and and and....

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I can work from home on my 4g wireless connection with no problem.

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Video conferencing? Downloading large files (IDE and various other software updates, VM images)?

I mean you don't need that stuff every day. But you need it often enough that it's a PITA not to have.