Google Inc (GOOG) Fiber: Not Coming to a Town Near You

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However, Google has some cost advantages. By slowly rolling out in select locations after receiving incentives from local governments, it can offer lower prices than its rivals. The flip side is that competitors can request similar incentives to build their own networks, much in the way AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) did when it announced “intent” to upgrade its fiber network in Austin if it could score the same incentives.

Google Fiber is very much what Internet service should be, but making it a reality is much easier said than done.

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Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, owns shares of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ). The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Google.

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