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They seem to be expanding even across rural America. These days it's fairly common for small and medium size towns to have access to 500mbps-1gbps for $50-$90 p
by adventured 3mo ago
They seem to be expanding even across rural America. These days it's fairly common for small and medium size towns to have access to 500mbps-1gbps for $50-$90 per month, and essentially all small cities and above.
Reddit is overflowing with threads where people are getting AT&T to give them 1gbps for $30-$35 per month. Comcast has repeatedly offered me 1gbps for ~$50/m for five years locked-in. I have no practical use for it.
The US has more broadband than it knows what to do with at this point. Somebody needs to figure out a mass public use for home 1gbps+.
- jonah 3mo agoFastest option I can get where I am is 260 Mbps for $250 from a local wireless ISP... This makes starlink tempting but for that I'd have to run cabling 50 plus. M to get the this where it has a clear view of the sky... (Edit) A nearby small town is installing municipal fiber right now, which is great, but that's half an hour away.
- ThrowawayTestr 3mo agoDo you think those prices would be available if SpaceX wasn't providing strong competition?
- AngryData 3mo agoIt is far from complete but yeah I got co-op 1 gig fiber in my rural 56k only area like 2-3 years ago. Some places nearby still don't have it but expansion is ongoing. Some select areas are starting to offer 2 gig but im unsure what most users would use it for.
- kube-system 3mo agoThe word "rural" by definition typically refers to areas outside of a town or city.