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It does to a degree. The established cities will most likely have installed Internet infrastructure a long time ago whereas developing cities may likely have on
by mjallday 14y ago
It does to a degree. The established cities will most likely have installed Internet infrastructure a long time ago whereas developing cities may likely have only recently installed pipes so they are getting newer generation equipment.
Once you have invested in infrastructure (or anything else) the goal is to maximize profit from that so unless there is competition then there is no reason to continue to upgrade.
- beagle3 14y agoEstablished vs. developing cities is a false dichotomy. The cities everywhere else in the world where you get 10 or 100 or 1Gb to the home are all established. None of them has only "recently installed pipes". They just upgrade things regularly, unlike the US.
- lostlogin 14y agoAnd unlike New Zealand. We are in the midst of a big fibre rollout, but don't hold your breath for getting anything soon. Stuck at an unreliable 3mb connection. And strangely, despite living at multiple location, ringing to complain always gets a puzzled response and a reply along the lines of: just up the road from you is a really fast connection.