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It is worth looking at the obstacles typical end users face. In my experience, the #1 issue is poor WiFi deployment. Then, users of cable broadband use Ookla f
by an_opabinia 5y ago
It is worth looking at the obstacles typical end users face.
In my experience, the #1 issue is poor WiFi deployment. Then, users of cable broadband use Ookla for speed tests instead of Fast - Ookla is scammed by Comcast and Frontier.
What if you want fiber on your block? In California, Comcast and AT&T will not touch the poles to protect their incumbency, and PG&E who owns the poles lies and says it’s the ISP’s problem that the poles aren’t ready for fiber. Based on my canvassing of fiber users in the Bay Area, pole improvements came from the cities’ commissions forcing PG&E to do the maintenance work, because it is supposed to anyway.
The EFF does not identify the real antagonist here: public utility companies.