Note, Santa Clara has municipal fiber too[1] - It is only 'last mile' (e.g. you have to hook up to a real provider in a santa clara data center) and the per-hoo

Note, Santa Clara has municipal fiber too[1] - It is only 'last mile' (e.g. you have to hook up to a real provider in a santa clara data center) and the per-hookup install costs are... substantial, but the ongoing costs, if I could get several customers on the same physical fiber (I mean, if I signed up a few people in a row on a street) could be competitive with the 100Mpbs down/20Mbps up half a kilobuck comcast cable service, and gigabit or even 10 gigabit (if you are willing to make the setup fees even more... substantial) are realistic. I'm currently working on a project to light a warehouse in santa clara (and I'm moving prgmr.com, and my massive overcommit of bandwidth to santa clara so I'll have somewhere to get transit) If others are interested in a 'fiber to the condo' type setup, lemme know; as a hosting provider (mostly upload) buying symmetrical links, I'd be pretty happy to have some end-user (mostly download) customers. I'm also willing to show you what I know, if you are trying to do the same thing on your own. (I mostly am interested in the fiber 'cause it's cool, and 'cause it is the next step on the path to learning what I need to know to operate a datacenter... a very long term goal of mine. I don't expect to make much money on the fiber project, as selling 'enterprise connectivity' isn't really my kind of game.) [1]http://svpfiber.com http://svpfiber.com