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I was ready to buy an estate in the Georgia mountains earlier this year - then I saw the internet connection options. Then I looked up how much it would cost m

I was ready to buy an estate in the Georgia mountains earlier this year - then I saw the internet connection options. Then I looked up how much it would cost me to get a decent wired connection out there. Totally unviable for tech workers to live in most of the solid red areas of the country strictly due internet capabilities, or lack thereof.

HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
Then keep looking. I'm a liberal, minority techie living on a farm: one of my base requirements for moving here 15 years ago was at least a minimal amount of wired broadband. This summer the phone company has been pulling fiber all over the place. I was told that it's not going to be put in use until next year, but at least they're planning ahead. Especially after the last year and a half of distance learning and working from home, there is a big push all over the place to get faster internet connections because the people already living out here are demanding it.
- JoeAltmaier 5y ago
  Got mine a month ago! In rural Iowa.
- dogman144 5y ago
  Correct. There is fiber all over non-Asheville Appalachia right now. It’s reflecting in home prices too. I’m looking at this move myself and the final decision point is state taxes (TN, WA, FL) or fiber/cheap homes (largely Western NC and GA), both paired with some cool nature. All ears on places with $200k and below homes and fiber, quite candidly.
kyleblarson 5y ago
Extrapolating from 'rural mountainous Georgia' to all red states, including Texas and Florida is a bit of a stretch. I live in a remote mountain town in North Central Washington and there are dozens, if not hundreds, of remote tech workers. I have good internet through a local ISP and starlink is now prevalent in our area as well.
- rjbwork 5y ago
  Fair enough. I was looking in the triangle between Asheville, Nashville, and Atlanta. The few homes i was like "I will buy this now if i can get good internets" did not play out for me. I'm looking for an excess of land though, to indulge my many hobbies, so that is certainly constraining my options. It's okay though, I'm in no rush. Once Starlink is rolled out en masse I'm sure the equation will drastically change for me. Also, FWIW, I meant more rural areas than just "red states". Even in solidly republican states there is a fairly prominent urban/rural divide.
  - dogman144 5y ago
    There’s fiber all over that area now because of Morris Broadband

HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago

Then keep looking. I'm a liberal, minority techie living on a farm: one of my base requirements for moving here 15 years ago was at least a minimal amount of wired broadband. This summer the phone company has been pulling fiber all over the place. I was told that it's not going to be put in use until next year, but at least they're planning ahead. Especially after the last year and a half of distance learning and working from home, there is a big push all over the place to get faster internet connections because the people already living out here are demanding it.

JoeAltmaier 5y ago
Got mine a month ago! In rural Iowa.
dogman144 5y ago
Correct. There is fiber all over non-Asheville Appalachia right now. It’s reflecting in home prices too. I’m looking at this move myself and the final decision point is state taxes (TN, WA, FL) or fiber/cheap homes (largely Western NC and GA), both paired with some cool nature. All ears on places with $200k and below homes and fiber, quite candidly.

kyleblarson 5y ago

Extrapolating from 'rural mountainous Georgia' to all red states, including Texas and Florida is a bit of a stretch. I live in a remote mountain town in North Central Washington and there are dozens, if not hundreds, of remote tech workers. I have good internet through a local ISP and starlink is now prevalent in our area as well.

rjbwork 5y ago
Fair enough. I was looking in the triangle between Asheville, Nashville, and Atlanta. The few homes i was like "I will buy this now if i can get good internets" did not play out for me. I'm looking for an excess of land though, to indulge my many hobbies, so that is certainly constraining my options. It's okay though, I'm in no rush. Once Starlink is rolled out en masse I'm sure the equation will drastically change for me. Also, FWIW, I meant more rural areas than just "red states". Even in solidly republican states there is a fairly prominent urban/rural divide.
- dogman144 5y ago
  There’s fiber all over that area now because of Morris Broadband