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Exactly. They didn’t do jack to improve their offerings until municipal fiber became a real threat. Now they are doing what they should have been doing for year
by tnel77 3y ago
Exactly. They didn’t do jack to improve their offerings until municipal fiber became a real threat. Now they are doing what they should have been doing for years: actually improving their product and competing. I hope it’s too little too late and people embrace municipal fiber!
- lokar 3y agoWho should they have been competing with?
- 0x6c6f6c 3y agoThe idea of a free market is that competition can enter the field. But, this has been an area that Issue have played every dirty angle possible to rig the game, including legislature and fees to setup the infrastructure. Now they're already settled in- there aren't any fees to pay for e.g. Comcast but new ISP Z is going to have a massive wall to overcome before seeing a penny back.
- tnel77 3y agoI see your point. I’m glad the city stepped in to give them some motivation!
- keep_reading 3y agoWhat if this just brings back healthy competition and we don't end up with the muni network languishing That would be the best scenario
- sgjohnson 3y agoPushing 2 gigabits through coax isn’t “actually improving their product and competing”. It’s a band-aid fix to offer faster speeds. I don’t even want to begin to think about how much power is needed to achieve that while minimizing noise etc.
- tnel77 3y agoMaybe this is just my ignorance, but I honestly don’t care how they get these speeds to me. If I’m actually getting 2Gbps symmetrical, I don’t care if it’s because they installed a hamster wheel outside my house and that little guy is losing his mind making it happen. Let’s give credit where credit is due.