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I'm on Fort Collins internet right now - branded 'Connexion'. I have 1 gigabit per second symmetric, for $70/mo. It's more stable & reliable than Comcast's was,

I'm on Fort Collins internet right now - branded 'Connexion'. I have 1 gigabit per second symmetric, for $70/mo. It's more stable & reliable than Comcast's was, and the time I had to call tech support, I had somebody who clearly knew details of how DHCP & IPs worked and was able to collaborate with some investigation on my end. Rollout took a few years to get to me as they ran fiber. But it was a steady pace, doing a neighborhood at a time. Get yourself some local broadband. It works well. Comcast could have run fiber through the whole city, but they never did. And they charged 2x or more for their slower cable, with worse service and worse reliability.

parker_mountain 3y ago
We've been getting WISP rollouts and it's causing comcast to offer some seriously good deals. I still prefer my indie ISP. $40/mo 100/100 guaranteed, up to gigabit symmetric.
- Forgeties79 3y ago
  Man you really can't ask for better at $40/mo. That's fantastic, I'd want to keep that too!
- isthisfoss 3y ago
  Starry gave me a discount for 100/100 @ 30/mo after I asked them if they had anything less than their 200/200 @ 50/mo. They are bankrupt now though
nicholasjarnold 3y ago
TING[0] is another company offering fast fiber in CO, but it's only been rolled out to limited areas right now. I'm in downtown Denver and enjoy 1 gigabit symmetric fiber for $70/month ('unlimited' bandwidth, no port restrictions, etc) through CenturyLink. The landscape is improving here gradually, and I'm as happy as anyone to be able to purchase a fat dumb pipe from not-Comcast. [0] - https://ting.com/internet https://ting.com/internet
skyyler 3y ago
>the time I had to call tech support, I had somebody who clearly knew details of how DHCP & IPs worked It would be really cool if tech support wasn't considered a dead-end / low-value job. Competent tech support makes a huge difference, but it seems like the pay offered for the role means competent people look elsewhere.

parker_mountain 3y ago

We've been getting WISP rollouts and it's causing comcast to offer some seriously good deals. I still prefer my indie ISP. $40/mo 100/100 guaranteed, up to gigabit symmetric.

Forgeties79 3y ago
Man you really can't ask for better at $40/mo. That's fantastic, I'd want to keep that too!
isthisfoss 3y ago
Starry gave me a discount for 100/100 @ 30/mo after I asked them if they had anything less than their 200/200 @ 50/mo. They are bankrupt now though

nicholasjarnold 3y ago

TING[0] is another company offering fast fiber in CO, but it's only been rolled out to limited areas right now. I'm in downtown Denver and enjoy 1 gigabit symmetric fiber for $70/month ('unlimited' bandwidth, no port restrictions, etc) through CenturyLink. The landscape is improving here gradually, and I'm as happy as anyone to be able to purchase a fat dumb pipe from not-Comcast. [0] - https://ting.com/internet https://ting.com/internet

skyyler 3y ago

>the time I had to call tech support, I had somebody who clearly knew details of how DHCP & IPs worked It would be really cool if tech support wasn't considered a dead-end / low-value job. Competent tech support makes a huge difference, but it seems like the pay offered for the role means competent people look elsewhere.