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whataboutism. we need more competition between ISPs _and_ more ISPs to select from (I have 1 with speeds that would allow me to successfully work remotely on L

by fosco 9y ago

whataboutism. we need more competition between ISPs _and_ more ISPs to select from (I have 1 with speeds that would allow me to successfully work remotely on Long Island NY). I cannot see any other way for the consumer to win in any situation. in regards to twitter, I agree they all have issues including recently the censorship in Romania [0] -- that is a _separate_ issue that also needs to be dealt with. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15790687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15790687 edit - added links typos

rayiner 9y ago
Have you ever wondered why you don't have ISP competition in Long Island? If you live in Brookhaven, for example, it's because Verizon already started to build fiber and then the county refused to give it a franchise. But companies will build fiber if you let them. We already have FiOS where I live, and gigabit cable. Comcast recently extended its Metro-E network to a nearby business park, and as a result also started offering 2-gigabit fiber to surrounding residential areas for $150/month. Thanks to a loophole (you don't need a county franchise if you don't offer TV), they can build it out incrementally based on demand. Companies want to build fiber. It's municipalities that are holding things up by lashing fiber build-outs to their social justice initiatives. Stockholm built its fiber network with no public money, neighborhood by neighborhood based on the business case, taking 18 years to cover 90% of the city. New York City, in contrast, demanded Verizon wire up 100% of the city in just 5 years.