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>> We should hold local politicians' feet to the fire, not throw money at new tech from a monorail salesman. We need to do both, as Seattle has proven with its

>> We should hold local politicians' feet to the fire, not throw money at new tech from a monorail salesman. We need to do both, as Seattle has proven with its sporadic availability of gigabit fiber and the shutdown of third parties attempting to bring it here. In fact, doing the latter IS doing the former.

metildaa 8y ago
Centurylink covers 70÷% of the city with gigabit for $65 a month, take a look at the cable franchise map before throwing stones: http://www.seattle.gov/tech/services/cable-service/cable-franchises http://www.seattle.gov/tech/services/cable-service/cable-fra...
- icelancer 8y ago
  Yeah, I happen to live in an area that CL offers 6mbps maximum to, and it is weirdly in a minority-dense part of Seattle metropolitan. They have zero plans to expand to our area, they've stated repeatedly. I'll throw stones as much as I like, thanks.
  - metildaa 8y ago
    The city contract requires they service the lowest income parts of the city first, hence the extremely patchwork rollout over the last few years. Due to the mandatory client base skew, the city is causing them to redline middle and high income areas of the city. Fiber is in Georgetown and Rainer Valley, but your SoL in Fremont's built up areas and in Sand Point. Universal coverage should have been mandated, but its easy to end up like Kenmore (which required total Fios coverage from Verizon, now Frontier) and has seen Finn Hill go unserviced for years. Enforcement of the franchise contract is just as critical as initial negotiation. Outside of a few select areas, most of Seattle only ever saw ADSL (or no DSL in parts of the north end) as we didn't allow large VDSL2 cabinets in the public ROW. I think this has caused Centurylink to build fiber in the city, as they've rarely overbuilt VDSL2 areas like Bellevue, Kent & Auburn.
    - icelancer 8y ago
      >> Rainer Valley Nope. I live square in the middle of it, can't get double digit mbps download speeds from them.
      - metildaa 8y ago
        I would encourage you tp double check during the daytime on https://shop.centurylink.com/MasterWebPortal/freeRange/shop/guidedShoppingStart?bones https://shop.centurylink.com/MasterWebPortal/freeRange/shop/... I've noticed they seem to offer ADSL (6mbps) after 6pm or so at addresses that already have fiber, presumably their prequal database for fiber goes offline for a few hours a day.
        icelancer 8y ago
        I've called multiple times and schedule a check every three months to see if it's been updated. Been doing that for years. Won't give you my cross streets but I assure you, they have nothing for me. They say it's available just a few blocks over. That's been the case for a long time and they can't seem to get it about 0.25 miles further. Been that way for years.

metildaa 8y ago

Centurylink covers 70÷% of the city with gigabit for $65 a month, take a look at the cable franchise map before throwing stones: http://www.seattle.gov/tech/services/cable-service/cable-franchises http://www.seattle.gov/tech/services/cable-service/cable-fra...

icelancer 8y ago
Yeah, I happen to live in an area that CL offers 6mbps maximum to, and it is weirdly in a minority-dense part of Seattle metropolitan. They have zero plans to expand to our area, they've stated repeatedly. I'll throw stones as much as I like, thanks.
- metildaa 8y ago
  The city contract requires they service the lowest income parts of the city first, hence the extremely patchwork rollout over the last few years. Due to the mandatory client base skew, the city is causing them to redline middle and high income areas of the city. Fiber is in Georgetown and Rainer Valley, but your SoL in Fremont's built up areas and in Sand Point. Universal coverage should have been mandated, but its easy to end up like Kenmore (which required total Fios coverage from Verizon, now Frontier) and has seen Finn Hill go unserviced for years. Enforcement of the franchise contract is just as critical as initial negotiation. Outside of a few select areas, most of Seattle only ever saw ADSL (or no DSL in parts of the north end) as we didn't allow large VDSL2 cabinets in the public ROW. I think this has caused Centurylink to build fiber in the city, as they've rarely overbuilt VDSL2 areas like Bellevue, Kent & Auburn.
  - icelancer 8y ago
    >> Rainer Valley Nope. I live square in the middle of it, can't get double digit mbps download speeds from them.
    - metildaa 8y ago
      I would encourage you tp double check during the daytime on https://shop.centurylink.com/MasterWebPortal/freeRange/shop/guidedShoppingStart?bones https://shop.centurylink.com/MasterWebPortal/freeRange/shop/... I've noticed they seem to offer ADSL (6mbps) after 6pm or so at addresses that already have fiber, presumably their prequal database for fiber goes offline for a few hours a day.
      - icelancer 8y ago
        I've called multiple times and schedule a check every three months to see if it's been updated. Been doing that for years. Won't give you my cross streets but I assure you, they have nothing for me. They say it's available just a few blocks over. That's been the case for a long time and they can't seem to get it about 0.25 miles further. Been that way for years.