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I'm more interested in last-mile solutions. Where I live has abysmal internet service. In fact, DSL was unavailable in our neighborhood until after cable made i
by dkokelley 15y ago
I'm more interested in last-mile solutions. Where I live has abysmal internet service. In fact, DSL was unavailable in our neighborhood until after cable made its appearance. I'm willing to pay for a decent, business-class solution for internet service, as our consumer package craps out every month or so. However, the top business-class package for our cable provider is only 10/2, and that would run north of $300/month without any other services like phone or TV.
I would love a solution like Verizon FIOS but they don't serve my area. Fiber to the home is what I really want.
- 9999 15y agoVerizon has all but abandoned their FIOS deployments. I wish there were more companies like Sonic doing fiber deployments in high density cities. I assume that isn't happening because of the Telco/Cable duopoly that controls easement rights in almost every city.
- powertower 15y agoWhy did they abandon it?
- count 15y agoAll the relatively cheap installs are done. Running fiber is expensive.
- dkokelley 15y agoIf I owned a home, I would seriously consider paying for that fiber. As far as I know, there are no providers that will let a private party run their own fiber.
- count 15y agoIt would cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, minimum. Probably more, if they're not already in your neighborhood with it. There are dozens of companies that'll run you private fiber - you just have to foot the whole bill. L3 and Cox both do it in my area, for example. This isn't a residential cable/ftth deployment, but it sure is a provider running private fiber. It's also orders of magnitude more than residential FIOS.