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Competing internet providers still need to invest in last mile costs, which are prohibitively expensive (just like roads). Why is competition the goal? Becaus
by bduerst 5y ago
Competing internet providers still need to invest in last mile costs, which are prohibitively expensive (just like roads).
Why is competition the goal? Because it ultimately lowers prices for consumers? That is what municipal internet achieves.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoAnd innovation. Don't forget that. I'm being somewhat sarcastic here, as its not clear there has been that much innovation in this space for a while. Or if there is, I welcome hearing about it.
- bduerst 5y agoI think any innovation we'll see is 5G wireless towers going up.
- ixacto 5y agoThe innovation is realizing that consumers are tired of your tiered upsell bs (looking at you Xfinity/comcast) and just offering everyone 1000/1000 and being done with it. That is literally what some of the reseller ISP are doing now. Real innovation would be going the EPB route and offering 10-gigabit for $300/month. https://epb.com/fi-speed-internet/ https://epb.com/fi-speed-internet/
- trothamel 5y agoStarlink doesn't. My feeling is municipal broadband is a good idea from a decade ago, but about to be made obsolete by fast wireless.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIs starlink performance comparable to a symmetric fiber connection? I’m not aware of any wireless technologies that come close.