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Is this true of Google fiber? Probably not, and that's the whole point.



I would bet that almost all of the cost of Google Fiber is in the last mile; OTOH Google can probably buy bandwidth very cheap. It's probably still oversubscribed 100:1 or more.


> It's probably still oversubscribed 100:1 or more.

[citation needed]


If you want to believe that Google built a multi-terabit network that's 99% idle, go ahead.




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