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The speedy providers are all jumping over each other to compete, now that the "gentlemen's agreement" between providers is no longer a thing... but they are che
by jeffwilcox 6y ago
The speedy providers are all jumping over each other to compete, now that the "gentlemen's agreement" between providers is no longer a thing... but they are cherry picking from people willing to pay and easily providing the service.
Seems like maybe 3 years ago when all the cable companies were able to compete without exclusivity by block?
In my condo building of 200+ units we have 5 providers now:
- Wave broadband cable
- Comcast cable
- Wave G (10Gbps connection to the building)
- Webpass Google Fiber (microwave to the building)
- CenturyLink (DSL maybe?)
The bummer is outside the high-rise towers, there is not much competition in the neighborhoods and single family homes it seems.
- eru 6y agoI wonder whether the promise of faster Internet would diminish some of the NIMBY opposition to high rise towers?
- MikeTheGreat 6y agoI'm going to say "Probably not". You're talking about people who have chosen to live in lower-density housing with lower internet speeds. I'm sure they'd love higher internet speeds, but not so much that they'd give up the 'lower density housing' part :)
- lotsofpulp 6y agoIn my experience, new construction has access to fiber, and very little old construction has access to fiber.