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Maybe bring fiber to major cities before giving select customers terabyte connections?
by system2 3y ago
Maybe bring fiber to major cities before giving select customers terabyte connections?
- spaceribs 3y agoI've heard that at least in Baltimore, politics has demanded 2 things: 1. Due to years of redlining and unequal treatment, a google fiber rollout requires a plan to guarantee delivery to the entire city. 2. They must work with unions for the installation. For those reasons, Google, Verizon and many other telcos have mostly entirely skipped the area, check this map out: https://broadbandnow.com/mapshot/provider/lg/Verizon-Fios.jpg https://broadbandnow.com/mapshot/provider/lg/Verizon-Fios.jp...
- hnbear 3y agoAlso worth noting that map is by county, but pale pink can mean only a town or two in the county has it available. If anything it overstates availability, despite how little coverage it shows. I’m also bitter about it living in CT where we have almost no competition for ISPs so offerings are slim.