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As somebody in the area, I've been annoyed at how despite Apple, Google, and a number of other tech companies are clustered together in the Cupertino/Mountain V

As somebody in the area, I've been annoyed at how despite Apple, Google, and a number of other tech companies are clustered together in the Cupertino/Mountain View area, I still go home to shitty AT&T internet.

hox 14y ago
Telecom is quite a different world. There are a number of small ISPs in North Bay that are trying to make a dent; see Sonic.net in sebastapol. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120506/BUSINESS/120509761/1036/business?Title=Sonic-net-builds-super-fast-network-for-future http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120506/BUSINESS/12050...
- banachtarski 14y ago
  They aren't available in my neighborhood but I routinely check every month or so.
protomyth 14y ago
Telecom is weird. Here are some plans from a small city in ND: $34.95/month* - High Speed Advantage - up to 15 Mbps down & 3 Mbps up $54.95/month* - High Speed Advantage Plus - up to 15 Mbps down & 10 Mbps up $104.95 to $114.95/month - High Speed Extreme Advantage - up to 50 Mbps down & 25 Mbps up They have optical lines they keep adding and no bandwidth caps. (apparently contrasting crappy service in Silicon Valley to rural areas is downvote worthy)
- banachtarski 14y ago
  I think what you're experiencing is the situation where people execute the bearer of bad or unwelcome news.
  - protomyth 14y ago
    Probably. It's funny how small groups tend to do great telecom service and large companies don't. Kinda relates to a startup mentality.
- wmf 14y ago
  Due to cognitive biases, anecdotes are worse than no data. Definitely downvote worthy.
  - protomyth 14y ago
    Then you should probably flag half the stories on the front page because that's is what most of them are. We aren't doing research studies here, we are talking about how chaotic telecom is and expecting everyone to provide all the pieces is just not going to happen.
- rdouble 14y ago
  Which city?
  - protomyth 14y ago
    NDTC in ND, so the Devils Lake region.
jordanthoms 14y ago
I've got 100mbit up/down for $50 per month in SF with webpass.

hox 14y ago

Telecom is quite a different world. There are a number of small ISPs in North Bay that are trying to make a dent; see Sonic.net in sebastapol. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120506/BUSINESS/120509761/1036/business?Title=Sonic-net-builds-super-fast-network-for-future http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120506/BUSINESS/12050...

banachtarski 14y ago
They aren't available in my neighborhood but I routinely check every month or so.

protomyth 14y ago

Telecom is weird. Here are some plans from a small city in ND: $34.95/month* - High Speed Advantage - up to 15 Mbps down & 3 Mbps up $54.95/month* - High Speed Advantage Plus - up to 15 Mbps down & 10 Mbps up $104.95 to $114.95/month - High Speed Extreme Advantage - up to 50 Mbps down & 25 Mbps up They have optical lines they keep adding and no bandwidth caps. (apparently contrasting crappy service in Silicon Valley to rural areas is downvote worthy)

banachtarski 14y ago
I think what you're experiencing is the situation where people execute the bearer of bad or unwelcome news.
- protomyth 14y ago
  Probably. It's funny how small groups tend to do great telecom service and large companies don't. Kinda relates to a startup mentality.
wmf 14y ago
Due to cognitive biases, anecdotes are worse than no data. Definitely downvote worthy.
- protomyth 14y ago
  Then you should probably flag half the stories on the front page because that's is what most of them are. We aren't doing research studies here, we are talking about how chaotic telecom is and expecting everyone to provide all the pieces is just not going to happen.
rdouble 14y ago
Which city?
- protomyth 14y ago
  NDTC in ND, so the Devils Lake region.

jordanthoms 14y ago

I've got 100mbit up/down for $50 per month in SF with webpass.