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DC is one of the only places that has competitive FTTH in the country - the same place all the regulators are saying there isn't a problem. Surely no coinciden
by abofh 9y ago
DC is one of the only places that has competitive FTTH in the country - the same place all the regulators are saying there isn't a problem. Surely no coincidence?
I miss my FiOS - I don't miss the weather :-)
- atonse 9y agoYeah I don't think it's a fluke that the DC area has decent broadband competition. That's where all the regulators live.
- rayiner 9y agoIt's not a fluke, it's the result of sound municipal policy. D.C. is dysfunctional in many ways, but it's not anti-development like most U.S. cities. Right now, entire neighborhoods are being razed and replaced with gleaming 12-14 story mid-rise buildings. The city is also permissive with telecom deployment. Comcast, RCN, and Verizon have all been permitted to deploy in different parts of the city without being compelled to service the whole city at once. It's not just D.C. though. The whole surrounding area is pretty lax about development. The Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland is pretty rural, but also has fiber internet because ISPs are permitted to build where it's profitable to build.
- exelius 9y agoThe D.C. Suburbs also have some of the highest-income households in the country. Low-income households buy less home Internet by FAR (low income people use cell phones and mobile data). That absolutely factors in.
- rayiner 9y agoIt's not just rich suburbs. Here is a completely random building in Anacostia: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8595932,-76.9871194,3a,75y,199.64h,89.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPpOG7xUqVQs_PNqYI-FNjg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8595932,-76.9871194,3a,75y,1.... If you punch in the address to various providers, apparently it can get fiber through Verizon or Comcast, or gigabit cable through Comcast or RCN.