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I live in Washington state and already under a single provider, Comcast, and it sucks, I pay $120 a month for unlimited gigabit which tops out at 400Mpbs if I'm
by longhairedhippy 5y ago
I live in Washington state and already under a single provider, Comcast, and it sucks, I pay $120 a month for unlimited gigabit which tops out at 400Mpbs if I'm lucky, and often cannot support a zoom call with video. I, for one, am thrilled this law passed. Anything that can force a broken monopoly to be more competitive is a win in my book.
- throwawaysea 5y agoA Zoom video call can be supported on less than 10 Mbps, so it’s hard for me to accept this claim that your gigabit service can’t support a Zoom call. I have Comcast (at a much lower tier) and have never had issues with steaming from multiple devices while video conferencing as well. If you have CenturyLink as an option for gigabit (available in several WA cities), they provide symmetric gigabit service for $70. In many parts of Seattle both providers are an option. In terms of affordability, I find the current providers to be VERY affordable. Comcast provides 25 Mbps service for $20 a month - more than enough for typical use. CenturyLink has cheaper tiers available as well, depending on location. As for choice - I would support laws that require sharing of last mile cabling and things like that. But if a public provider has unlimited funds and can run at a loss, that’s going to cause private providers to exit or stop investing at least, leading us back to square one - a single provider, except now it’s a slow bureaucratic government service.
- bombcar 5y agoI pay a similar amount for 1/20th of your advertised speed and get roughly the same of your actual, and consider it decent. I do have a fiber line through my yard and someday will bother getting hooked up to it.