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Certainly not a good thing, but I'd be surprised if this has a measurable impact on the overall attractiveness of a location. Even expensive internet is likely
by only_as_i_fall 5y ago
Certainly not a good thing, but I'd be surprised if this has a measurable impact on the overall attractiveness of a location. Even expensive internet is likely less than 10% of overall expenses and, in my experience, it's very hard to tell if your internet will be good or bad without literally plugging in a modem, which realistically most people won't have the knowledge or means to do.
Call me a cynic but I guess my thought is that if incremental decreases in qol and poor planning were enough to drive people away from the republican party it would have happened long ago.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIs there ever bad fiber internet? If a place has fiber to the home, there is a pretty high probability that it is better than whatever garbage the coaxial cable company is peddling.
- sbradford26 5y agoI have had fiber at two different houses and the first one was worse in that I could only reliably get 890 Mb down and 920 Mb up. The second house I get 950down/950up with the same provider and same hardware. There is variability but nowhere near as much as cable.
- jschwartzi 5y agoZiply was awful. We got screwed by them when they bought the fiber network in our area, canceled our autopay, and then didn’t bill us for three months until we had racked up a bunch of late fees. My wife spent hours on the phone with them getting the issues sorted out. It was the worst customer service experience I’ve ever had with a broadband provider. I’ve had Charter, Qwest, and Comcast.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThat’s a people problem. I assume the actual product worked fine though?