Google’s fiber experiment is failing, but hope remains  January
12, 2013  The United States still lags when it comes to fast
internet services. It was supposed to be different: Google
attempted to deftly shame major Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) into updating their physical networks to 1 gigabit per-
second speeds by providing Google Fiber to Kansas City,
Missouri. Well, according to Wired‘s Klint Finely, those ISPs
haven’t been shamed, and they’re not updating their services.
Instead, one of the largest fiber providers in the U.S.,
Verizon, has stopped building its fiber network.  The reason for
America’s fiber-sloth revolves around both money and investors,
according to the report. Specifically, Finley writes, investors
are wary of adapting fiber due to the initial cost of creating
the network and a problem called “the last-mile,” which connects
homes and businesses to the “backbone” of a service. Rather,
ISPs like Verizon and AT&T are withdrawing from the fiber market
to build their slower wireless netw