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I'm in support of more fiber, I'm actually considering a move to get it at some of the downtown condos that offer it. However, this feels like the promise of a
by jhspaybar 13y ago
I'm in support of more fiber, I'm actually considering a move to get it at some of the downtown condos that offer it. However, this feels like the promise of a down in the polls incumbent hoping to turn this into a 1 issue race. Why weren't 4 years enough to get it rolling already? (And don't take this wrong, I likely will vote for McGinn, this just seems opportunistic is all).
- epistasis 13y agoIt sounds like it is rolling along, though the details on the "14 neighborhoods" is a bit vague.
- selectiveshift 13y agoA quick search of 'gigabit seattle' will make things less vague: http://gigabitseattle.com/areas/ http://gigabitseattle.com/areas/
- smokinn 13y agoIn politics, getting anything done from scratch in 4 years is pretty hard. That said, this is hardly some half-hearted promise. He ran on this promise and worked hard on pushing it through. In fact, when I moved I made sure I was in a coverage area because it's supposed to be become available in Q1 2014: http://gigabitseattle.com/areas/ http://gigabitseattle.com/areas/ http://gigabitseattle.com/faqs/customer-faqs/#faq-425 http://gigabitseattle.com/faqs/customer-faqs/#faq-425 He didn't quite get it done in 4 years but if it does come out in Q1 it'll have been 4.25 years which isn't bad considering the scale of the project and how many entrenched interests you have to fight.