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I don't know how common this is but I live just outside of Ohio and use a small ISP based in Ohio that is a sort of spinoff from the municipal service they have
by nemacol 5y ago
I don't know how common this is but I live just outside of Ohio and use a small ISP based in Ohio that is a sort of spinoff from the municipal service they have.
That is to say, A municipal service exists as CompanyA and they started a private CompanyB to service people outside of the municipal service area. To the best of my knowledge it uses the same core infrastructure for both companies.
If they shutdown I will have no options in my area besides dish. It is a good product too; 400/10 with 40ms latency and very stable at a decent price.
Honestly, I would have to move to keep my job unless Starlink became available.
EDIT - I called my ISP and I am wrong. Both company A and B are private and this ruling will not impact them. While this news is still terrible, it should not impact me as directly as I had originally thought.
- acdha 5y agoI hope you’re letting your representatives know that — I feel like a lot of these guys assume there’s not much cost to the decision, so why not take that lobbyist’s money? The prospect of losing good jobs in their district is a bit more noteworthy.
- nemacol 5y agoI live in WV and work a job based in PA. Working on a communication (will call and email) to Ohio reps now, but they have less than zero reason to care about my opinion on the subject. I contacted my ISP to see if they think it would impact them and asked if I can help in some way. Apparently something similar passed in PA recently https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadblocks-2018/ https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadbloc...
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