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I know nothing of costs, but the convincing part is easy on the fringes of N Phoenix. 10's of thousands of people historically have paid good money every month

by tunap 10y ago

I know nothing of costs, but the convincing part is easy on the fringes of N Phoenix. 10's of thousands of people historically have paid good money every month to the tele-monopoly for sub-standard inet(40 year old copper delivering >200ms latency @ 1.2mb/s down on good day, if it hasn't rained recently). In the past 2 years two startups have started providing 10mb/s + wireless packages for equivalent prices and people are jumping at the new option as fast as they can "unbundle" their albatross inet from their monthly tele-monopoly bills. edit:typos

Aaargh20318 10y ago
> I know nothing of costs, but the convincing part is easy on the fringes of N Phoenix. The convincing part is the hard part at least where I live. There's 13 different ISP that offer fiber service, a cable ISP and a dozen or so DSL providers. You can get gbit service starting at €1/day. With about two dozen ISP's available at most locations and several different plans per ISP it has become so difficult for consumers to choose that several websites have popped up allowing you to compare all the different options available at your address.
- jungletek 10y ago
  Do you realize just how good you have it? Do you realize how shitty and monopolized internet access is in the US, compared to the (presumably) Nordic or eastern-European fiber paradise you are fortunate to live in? We're still trying to solve the 'last mile' problem.
  - tunap 10y ago
    Perhaps if the Guv gives out a 3rd round of billions of dollars for rural connectivity it may actually happen. Or the 'free' monies will be squandered. Again. The irony for Phoenix suburbs & county islands is these areas haven't been "rural" since the urban sprawl encompessed them in the 90's. Yet, the baby bell won't invest in infrastructure where people have no choice but to pay top dollar for pre-existing shit.

by tunap 10y ago

Aaargh20318 10y ago

> I know nothing of costs, but the convincing part is easy on the fringes of N Phoenix. The convincing part is the hard part at least where I live. There's 13 different ISP that offer fiber service, a cable ISP and a dozen or so DSL providers. You can get gbit service starting at €1/day. With about two dozen ISP's available at most locations and several different plans per ISP it has become so difficult for consumers to choose that several websites have popped up allowing you to compare all the different options available at your address.

jungletek 10y ago
Do you realize just how good you have it? Do you realize how shitty and monopolized internet access is in the US, compared to the (presumably) Nordic or eastern-European fiber paradise you are fortunate to live in? We're still trying to solve the 'last mile' problem.
- tunap 10y ago
  Perhaps if the Guv gives out a 3rd round of billions of dollars for rural connectivity it may actually happen. Or the 'free' monies will be squandered. Again. The irony for Phoenix suburbs & county islands is these areas haven't been "rural" since the urban sprawl encompessed them in the 90's. Yet, the baby bell won't invest in infrastructure where people have no choice but to pay top dollar for pre-existing shit.