<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since we were just discussing Google Fiber coming to Atlanta, I figured some of you'd be interested in what I found in the Wall Street Journal this morning:</span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-high-speed-web-plans-hit-snags-1471193165</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">or if you hit the paywall, maybe this "share" link will work better:</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://on.wsj.com/2bA8X2D</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Here are some relevant quotes (the last one mentions Atlanta):</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Google parent </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"></span><a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/GOOGL" class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial;">Alphabet</a><span class="company-name-type" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial;"> Inc.</span><a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/GOOGL" class="chiclet-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial;"></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> is rethinking its high-speed internet business after initial rollouts proved more expensive and time consuming than anticipated, a stark contrast to the fanfare that greeted its launch six years ago.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">...</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Fiber costs $70 a month for the fastest internet connection and an additional $60 a month for TV. Analysts estimate a one-time cost for Alphabet of more than $500 for each home the network reaches, not all of which subscribe.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">...</span></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial;">Google Fiber has begun construction in five new metro areas and announced plans to reach another dozen cities in the next few years. Now, those dozen cities will be the test bed for a push into wireless technology.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial;">Google Fiber last month bought Webpass Inc., a company that beams internet service from a fiber-connected antenna to another antenna mounted on an apartment building. The company serves roughly 820 buildings in five cities.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial;">...</p></div><div><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/02/24/google-fiber-is-coming-to-san-francisco/" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; line-height: 28px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: 30px 30px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat;">In San Francisco</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> and parts of Atlanta, the company is leasing existing underused fiber and connecting apartment buildings rather than single-family homes. It chose Huntsville, Ala., in part because the city agreed to build a fiber network for Google.</span></div></div></body></html>