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Meh... that's not really true. I used to support municipal fiber in my home town (Seattle) -- but after many years of dollars spent and zero progress, the city
by nostromo 3y ago
Meh... that's not really true.
I used to support municipal fiber in my home town (Seattle) -- but after many years of dollars spent and zero progress, the city finally mothballed the effort.
And now I have fiber to the home (Centurylink) at a price so low I don't even think about it.
I think the key is competition. If your city doesn't have competition, it absolutely makes sense to create competition from the municipality.
- JohnFen 3y agoYou're happy with CenturyLink? The people I know who have it absolutely hate that company, just as much as Comcast customers tend to hate Comcast.
- bob1029 3y agoI don't think its the company as much as the nature of the product. Fiber is simply in a completely different universe of quality compared to DOCSIS & DSL. AT&T is literally the worst thing on earth... unless you have access to their fiber offerings. Then it might be among the best. I can get 5gbps in my area now but I don't bother. Internet is solved for me as far as I am concerned now.
- selectodude 3y agoI'm trying to get 5Gbit just as a way to upgrade the homelab. 5gbit firewall and routing requires a lot of new toys :)
- JohnFen 3y agoI don't know. I know that I despise Comcast, although my problem with them isn't the actual service itself. That's been great. My problem is dealing with them as a company. If I had any other option, even one with worse service, I'd switch away in a heartbeat if the new company were easier to deal with.
- nostromo 3y agoYes, I'm happy with their gigabit fiber product specifically. I can't comment on other products.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI have CenturyLink 940Mbps up and down fiber, and have not had a single issue in 5+ years. Never talked to them outside of the installation. But the satisfaction is because it’s symmetric fiber. I’m sure CenturyLink DSL is garbage, just like Comcast coaxial.
- jp191919 3y agoI have centurylink fiber in Tacoma, and I've been very happy with it. Our municipal ISP failed and was sold to a private company.
- jacob171714 3y agoI mean if you never actually switched to a municipal service than it doesn't really count as a refutation. I thought seattle had issues doing this sort of stuff in general.