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I won&#x27;t be surprised if this news is met with the usual sentiment that Google abandons everything that isn&#x27;t immediately hugely successful, and while I often share that criticism of Google, I can&#x27;t really fault them too much in this case. Getting a nationwide ISP up and running from scratch just seems like an almost impossible task. This is disappointing to me nonetheless.<p>Can someone with knowledge of the industry explain to me what the biggest hurdles were for Fiber and what if any mistakes Google made in it&#x27;s rollout? Am I correct in assuming telco interference or hostility played a part? What could Google have done differently for Fiber to be profitable, or is this simply not an industry that you can hope to be profitable in unless you look 20-30 years out?<p>Basically I&#x27;m curious to learn whether this is a result of mistakes on Google&#x27;s part, Google just not having the long term wherewithal for the rollout, or market&#x2F;regulatory forces making such a project impossible at this time?