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Also in TN, my fiber is bundled with my electric and is absurdly good. TN has good infra, it's nice to feel the benefits.

dylan604 3y ago
Is this one of those situations where it went from practically non-existent to holybejeebusfast? I had friends that lived in an upper mountain valley that barely had POTs, no cable (not enough customers for provider to feel construction was worth it) all the way until ~2014. Finally, the utility strung fiber along the existing POTs poles, and they now had 1Gbps up/down as well as TV service. Being in a valley, the broadcast reception left a lot to be desired, so pretty much everyone had a satellite dish of some sort.
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago
  2016 - 2023, I lived inside a national forest in a 100+ year old cabin... not even within the city limits of Chattanooga. BUT, since I received electricity from the city's Electric Power Board... 20gbs syncronous internets was available for $299/month (all taxes included). Being a mere mortal, I settled for the 0.3gbs (300mb, synchronous, exactly $57.99/mo.) fiber, which allowed me to run a bitcoin node maintaining 100+ <9ms connections. In the middle of a national forest, "out in the sticks."
  - dylan604 3y ago
    This sounds heavenly. I think this will now be added to my list of potential retirement options.
    - rpmisms 3y ago
      Tennessee is a wonderful place, and I'd recommend it. Keep in mind that it's a brutally conservative place, and the typical Californian will likely be uncomfortable outside of Nashville. The people are lovely, just a note.
      - dylan604 3y ago
        I'm currently in Texas. Your brutally conservative will probably feel like a loosening of the belt.
        rpmisms 3y ago
        No, I compared when I moved from a blue state, chose here because it's much more conservative. Texas is almost a swing state at this point. I'm friends with our former lieutenant governor, and I can assure you that it's not all show, either.
        dylan604 3y ago
        Bwahahaha! Texas? A swing state? Thanks, you literally made me LOL. We clearly have different concepts of a swing state.
        rpmisms 3y ago
        Compared to us, absolutely.
        ProllyInfamous 3y ago
        I grew up in Texas and now live in Tennessee. I would say the states are, in general, equally conservative. However, Tennessee is WAY more OLD MONEY CORRUPT than Texas [even with Mr. Paxton back in his seat] good-ole-boys could ever dream up. ¢¢
        rpmisms 3y ago
        This is 100% true, but I prefer old money corrupt to new money corrupt. Old money is interested in stability, new money is... not.
- rpmisms 3y ago
  Pretty much, yeah. Went from dial-up to better than I've ever had in my life.

dylan604 3y ago

Is this one of those situations where it went from practically non-existent to holybejeebusfast? I had friends that lived in an upper mountain valley that barely had POTs, no cable (not enough customers for provider to feel construction was worth it) all the way until ~2014. Finally, the utility strung fiber along the existing POTs poles, and they now had 1Gbps up/down as well as TV service. Being in a valley, the broadcast reception left a lot to be desired, so pretty much everyone had a satellite dish of some sort.

ProllyInfamous 3y ago
2016 - 2023, I lived inside a national forest in a 100+ year old cabin... not even within the city limits of Chattanooga. BUT, since I received electricity from the city's Electric Power Board... 20gbs syncronous internets was available for $299/month (all taxes included). Being a mere mortal, I settled for the 0.3gbs (300mb, synchronous, exactly $57.99/mo.) fiber, which allowed me to run a bitcoin node maintaining 100+ <9ms connections. In the middle of a national forest, "out in the sticks."
- dylan604 3y ago
  This sounds heavenly. I think this will now be added to my list of potential retirement options.
  - rpmisms 3y ago
    Tennessee is a wonderful place, and I'd recommend it. Keep in mind that it's a brutally conservative place, and the typical Californian will likely be uncomfortable outside of Nashville. The people are lovely, just a note.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      I'm currently in Texas. Your brutally conservative will probably feel like a loosening of the belt.
      - rpmisms 3y ago
        No, I compared when I moved from a blue state, chose here because it's much more conservative. Texas is almost a swing state at this point. I'm friends with our former lieutenant governor, and I can assure you that it's not all show, either.
        dylan604 3y ago
        Bwahahaha! Texas? A swing state? Thanks, you literally made me LOL. We clearly have different concepts of a swing state.
        rpmisms 3y ago
        Compared to us, absolutely.
      - ProllyInfamous 3y ago
        I grew up in Texas and now live in Tennessee. I would say the states are, in general, equally conservative. However, Tennessee is WAY more OLD MONEY CORRUPT than Texas [even with Mr. Paxton back in his seat] good-ole-boys could ever dream up. ¢¢
        rpmisms 3y ago
        This is 100% true, but I prefer old money corrupt to new money corrupt. Old money is interested in stability, new money is... not.
rpmisms 3y ago
Pretty much, yeah. Went from dial-up to better than I've ever had in my life.