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In the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham/Cary/Apex/Morrisville) area of North Carolina, AT&T UVerse was laying fiber until very recently. They literally stopped when th
by eitally 12y ago
In the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham/Cary/Apex/Morrisville) area of North Carolina, AT&T UVerse was laying fiber until very recently. They literally stopped when the FCC started talking about Title II. When Google Fiber was announced for this area a couple weeks ago, Time Warner announced speed upgrades at all their price levels, effective in the next couple of months. They aren't modifying their network at all -- it's just a reduction in blatant abuse. We'll now be auto-upgraded [at their top end] from 50/5 to 300/50. THAT IS INFURIATING!
- shmerl 12y agoThey'll quickly forget about Title II worries when Google Fiber will actually come to that area and will rush to upgrade their network. They are just a bunch of hypocrites. Alternatively, may be people there can start a community broadband project?
- wtallis 12y agoMunicipal broadband got outlawed in NC after the town of Wilson demonstrated that it was a real threat to the incumbent ISPs. New community broadband projects can't get off the ground until the FCC officially preempts the state law, which they'll be voting on later this month.
- shmerl 12y agoSo far they said they want to. Whether they'll actually repeal those laws - time will tell.