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> Living in a home with Cat5 throughout so the best I can do is to route 1Gbit. Having your uplink faster than all your individual ports in a network helps pre
by kbenson 5y ago
> Living in a home with Cat5 throughout so the best I can do is to route 1Gbit.
Having your uplink faster than all your individual ports in a network helps prevent any one port from being able to saturate your network.
I work at an ISP that within the last year started selling 10Gbit symmetric, and we all sorta know there's not a huge use for it - yet. It's not really an issue for use to justify though, we don't charge any extra for it, it's all $40/mo and if you're in a new area we're building you get 10Gbit instead of the old 1Gbit at that price.
- mackeyja92 5y agoSlightly off topic, but have you heard of Utopia? They’re a municipality in Utah. They run the fiber for a flat fee to customers and let any ISPs sell on it. Currently ~10-15 ISPs. Your guys pricing would absolutely stomp these ISPs. Have y’all considered jumping on these kinds of opportunities? No need to run cable and can just start accessing 100k+ Utah customers. Ripe for disruption.
- vxNsr 5y agoI know nothing about your story, but based on what you said it sounds like it’s optimized already and the line-use fees+admin overhead pretty much explains why no one can offer better pricing. Again I know only what you wrote here, but that’s my uninformed opinion.
- mackeyja92 5y agoI’m not sure. The ISPs are charging $150+ for 10G plus you pay Utopia network $30/mo for the fiber line. So $180/mo total for the cheapest ISP.
- cortesoft 5y agoSure, but the ISP has to pay for transit, too. You aren’t going to be able to get settlement free peering as an ISP like that.
- mackeyja92 5y agoI don’t have a ton of knowledge in this area and am probably missing some things. But, I figured if they’re already able to offer 10G for $40/mo when they have to run their own physical infra on top of the peering and data center costs then they should be able to do it at a higher margin without. That higher margin could be a boon for them towards building their own infra in their current service area as well. If they kept the same price then the total cost to the end user would be ~$70 for 10G. Which is less than half of the cheapest option available.
- cortesoft 5y agoTransit costs aren't always the same in all locations
- 404mm 5y agoThat’s nice!! $40/mo? That does not sound like US price.
- thfuran 5y agoI can get 6 Mbps for $40 here. Good stuff.
- 404mm 5y agoLol and I’m sorry. I’d almost rather go with starlink at that point.
- dougmwne 5y agoThere's a 10 Gbit cable going in on my street for $60/month in Florida. Some interesting things happening in internet infrastructure these days.
- backspace_ 5y agoWhat isp are you referencing?
- lostmsu 5y agoWhat street? Are schools any good?
- jwong_ 5y agoI would love for this to happen on my street in Florida... I think it's way too rural at this point however, given that I am technically in unincorporated area.
- bitbckt 5y agoThat's what I pay for 10Gb in the US. I think I'm a customer of the ISP the GP is referring to.
- kbenson 5y agoIt is. Sonic in northern California. More places soon, but scaling out physical infrastructure build has its own learning curve and often larger lead times. :)