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  "description": "GFiber opted to combine with a company in Astound Broadband that is 85% DOCSIS technology when plenty of pure-play fiber operators are still out there. What gives?\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T12:34:10.000Z",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ USTR Report Points to Massive Live TV Sports Piracy without DRM ****■**** Does Anna Gomez Really Want Us to Remember ‘Team CCB’s’ Interconnection Order Fail of 1996? ■ Cogeco’s Breezeline Brand Not Going Away: Spokeswoman ■ Bull Moose Project Wants to Escrow EchoStar Funds ■ Carr Cracks Down on ‘Shady’ Robocaller Belthrough ****■**** Mike O’Rielly Calls for Zeroing Out USDA Broadband Programs ■ Castanet Pitches FCC on Hybrid ATSC 3.0/5G Broadcast LPTV Service ****■**** Hawaiian Telcom Names Partner to Build Kunoa North Subsea Fiber Network\n\n**Fiber: He may have been early with this call,** but**Charter CEO Chris Winfrey** might just be right about fiber overbuilders: They are not making a decent return. In late 2023, Winfrey said, “The competitive overbuilds have slowed down because not only the financing cost is higher, but I don’t think any of it was positive ROI to begin with and I think the market’s waking up to that.” Winfrey must have been referencing **Google’s GFiber** , which has **2.8 million passings** in 15 states, with 63% of those passings in direct competition with Charter, according to **New Street Research**. Winfrey’s surmise could explain why **Ruth Porat** , President & Chief Investment Officer of **Alphabet** and **Google** , just decided to make GFiber a junior partner to **Stonepeak’s Astound Broadband**. Since when does mighty Google play second fiddle to anybody? **Porat** has reportedly been quick to lose interest when Google’s “Other Bets” do not pan out. Did Porat give GFiber the heave-ho in a hurry? ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\nRuth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Did Google President Ruth Porat Decide the GFiber ‘Other Bet’ Wasn’t Working?",
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