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It's not a silicon valley canard to overwhelmingly expect electricity and running water in the US. The difficulties faced by the Navajo are not representative o
by wddkcs 3y ago
It's not a silicon valley canard to overwhelmingly expect electricity and running water in the US. The difficulties faced by the Navajo are not representative of the country at large. The major service providers have preferred to put in place regional monopolies, rather than extend their fiber capabilities, that is the root of the issue.
- the_arun 3y agoI did research in Silicon Valley, there is no optic fiber. We have expensive comcast, or ATT or now Starlink.. or now 5G. I wish we had more options(high speed internet) for end users.
- simfree 3y agoThis really depends where you are physically located, the infrastructure available varies neighborhood by neighborhood, and in some cases block to block. Some have two GPON fiber providers, others have one XGSPON provider, and yet other neighborhoods are served only with coaxial where it was easy to get to in the 1980s when the coax networks were built out, and copper services otherwise.
- zaptrem 3y agoATT and Sonic both have extensive fiber networks in SF.
- the_arun 3y agoIn South Bay there are only few options