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>to lead the next generation in innovation. Meanwhile I have 300k internet in Pasadena, CA. That's the fastest they offer. My roommate doesn't care and won't u
by walru 8y ago
>to lead the next generation in innovation.
Meanwhile I have 300k internet in Pasadena, CA. That's the fastest they offer. My roommate doesn't care and won't upgrade to Spectrum.
Why is it whenever I read the above it means the opposite?
- ddtaylor 8y agoHow much AT&T Time Warner stock does your roomate own?!
- walru 8y agoNone. He's a luddite.
- JAFTEM 8y agoAlso have bad internet in LA. I grew up in North Dakota though, and back there my family is getting 1 gigabit internet for $100/mo from Midcontinent. Absolutely bizarre and ridiculous that North Dakota, a state that has far less developed infrastructure than either coast, has better internet than Los Angeles.
- BigChiefSmokem 8y agoI'm in LA and I pay Spectrum $54 a month for 100mb and saw that their gigabit service is $104 a month for new subscribers.
- scarface74 8y agoWhat's the upstream? Comcast offers 1 gigabit down but only 35Mbps up. AT&T offers gigabit up and down for $70 a month. I usually get at least 900Mbps up and down.
- rayiner 8y agoIs it? I’ve got two fiber lines into my house in a Maryland county where most people are on septic and well. Unsurprisingly, Big California cities have Big California impediments to broadband deployment.
- unclebucknasty 8y ago>Big California cities have Big California impediments to broadband deployment. What have they done, relative to other cities, to impede broadband deployment?
- rayiner 8y agoE.g. http://stopthecap.com/2011/06/29/san-francisco-still-in-stalemate-with-att-over-lawn-refrigerators-for-u-verse/ http://stopthecap.com/2011/06/29/san-francisco-still-in-stal...
- unclebucknasty 8y agoYour example is a 2011 instance of a citizen's group in a single CA city opposing AT&T's indiscriminate installation of unsightly 4-6 foot boxes on sidewalks and other public property? The group asked that they instead be installed on private property or underground. And it's an issue that was also raised in other non-California cities, including places like NC, CT, IL, DC, etc. See your article, links from it, and [0]. Come on man, you know this does not support your initial assertion. [0] http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Takes-Heat-for-Huge-Lawn-Utility-Cabinets-121977 http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Takes-Heat-for-Hu...
- rayiner 8y agoThe SF battle was particularly protracted and terrible. But the point about "unsightly" boxes gets to the heart of the problem. Burying this infrastructure costs money, and tanks the economics of fiber deployment. If you don't believe that coming from "big evil AT&T," just look at Google: they categorically refused to build Fiber to cities that imposed those sorts of requirements: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/how-kansas-city-taxpayers-support-google-fiber https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/how-kansas-city-.... Places like Louisville and Kansas City got Fiber and San Francisco or LA didn't because: 1) they didn't impose build out requirements (the obligation to pass all households regardless of neighborhood demand); 2) they didn't require burying utilities; 3) they fast-tracked permitting processes; 4) they permitted hanging rather than burying the fiber; and 5) they made space available for Fiber huts.
- tanderson92 8y agoIt's especially funny because Caltech students living on or near campus have 1Gbps internet. :-)
- jonknee 8y agoWhat does that have to do with AT&T buying HBO, some cable channels and a movie studio? This is to compete with Netflix, not about providing broadband.
- ajmurmann 8y agoAT&T is supposed to provide a conduit between their customers and Netflix not compete with them! It's already catastrophic that ISPs have a monopoly in many markets, using that monopoly to compete with content providers leaves me furious. Edit: calming myself.
- amelius 8y agoThey will increase your internet speed if that means they can sell you more entertainment now.
- rconti 8y agoI'm not sure what your point is. You have the option to buy faster internet (competition) but you choose not to?
- LyndsySimon 8y agoI live in rural Arkansas, and have 300Mbps. I’m promised gigabit this summer, but we’ll see.