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Semi-rural residential Texas Triangle needs this. Some places have Spectrum (Charter) and nothing else. Google Fiber is fantasy outside of Austin. One notable e
by hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
Semi-rural residential Texas Triangle needs this. Some places have Spectrum (Charter) and nothing else. Google Fiber is fantasy outside of Austin. One notable exception is GVEC. https://www.gvec.net https://www.gvec.net
- jakebasile 2y agoGoogle Fiber is a fantasy for some people in Austin too. I was right outside their initially planned extent, literally by a block, and they have never bothered to extend out to my subdivision despite being within Austin limits. I got AT&T Fiber instead and it has worked great for a decade. I just upgraded to their 2Gbps because they gave me a pretty solid deal on it.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoYep. I had 1 Gbps for 2 years and 2 Gbps for 2 years. (Can get 5 or 8 Gbps, and possibly 20 with a beta program.) GF excludes most of the downtown core except for Google buildings. I've speculated it's some sort permitting cost or dark fiber cost issue. I don't understand the logic they use to select cities or wire some customers but not others while leaving holes randomly. https://broadbandnow.com/Google-Fiber https://broadbandnow.com/Google-Fiber
- drak0n1c 2y agoAT&T Fiber is expanding quickly in North Texas. Got 2.5 gigabit a couple years ago to my suburban home in the edge of DFW where it transitions to rural. Their headquarters are in Dallas so they are keen on expanding locally.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoMakes sense in the Metroplex where there is already tons of dark fiber from the dotcom days and right-of-way already in place from cable, DSL, and other distribution networks.