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Yeah, I'm not convinced. New York has been ardent about trying to get internet providers to do their damn job and it just simply doesn't seem to work. The compa

Yeah, I'm not convinced. New York has been ardent about trying to get internet providers to do their damn job and it just simply doesn't seem to work. The companies make out like bandits and routinely flout deadlines and requirements. - Charter: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/ny-says-charter-lied-about-new-broadband-threatens-to-revoke-its-franchise/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/ny-says-charter-... - Frontier: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/frontier-knowingly-sold-internet-speeds-it-cant-deliver-ftc-lawsuit-says/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/frontier-knowing... - Verizon: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/nyc-sues-verizon-alleges-failure-to-complete-citywide-fiber-rollout/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/nyc-sues-verizon... It just keeps going. I could provide dozens of links here. I just don't think you can make enough laws to get these companies to do the dirty work of wiring up unprofitable connections, and to stop lying about internet speeds.

ceeplusplus 4y ago
Oh I don't mean big buildout contracts - those are bound to be failures. It's like the government paying Lockheed to develop the F-35. I mean if you relax zoning regulations and permitting processes significantly, then private enterprise will get external funding and build it out. You can already get 5G home internet in a lot of areas from Verizon or TMo for way cheaper than the wired companies and it's just as fast in both bandwidth and latency. If we had a mmWave node on every block then the buildout problem gets solved pretty quickly. > dirty work of wiring up unprofitable connections It doesn't need to be wired to the home. See: Webpass. The problem is that NIMBYs will block ugly antennas sticking out from every building so you get mired in environmental reviews, neighborhood comments, etc. and nothing gets built.

ceeplusplus 4y ago

Oh I don't mean big buildout contracts - those are bound to be failures. It's like the government paying Lockheed to develop the F-35. I mean if you relax zoning regulations and permitting processes significantly, then private enterprise will get external funding and build it out. You can already get 5G home internet in a lot of areas from Verizon or TMo for way cheaper than the wired companies and it's just as fast in both bandwidth and latency. If we had a mmWave node on every block then the buildout problem gets solved pretty quickly. > dirty work of wiring up unprofitable connections It doesn't need to be wired to the home. See: Webpass. The problem is that NIMBYs will block ugly antennas sticking out from every building so you get mired in environmental reviews, neighborhood comments, etc. and nothing gets built.