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NutmegCT said:
Seems that in the United States, internet shouldn't be so expensive - and sometimes impossible - for all our citizens.

Just sayin'
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Population density and competition are the driving forces. Around here I can choose between cable, fiber, satellite and 5G. I switched to fiber a couple months ago from cable. Price is cheaper and service is faster.
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Greg - you are a lucky man. Here in eastern Connecticut we have cable only. $80/mo for 300mbps d/l, 10 u/l (which in reality is closer to 100 mbps down).
 
YakkoWarner said:
I live in the central TX area and have heard good things about Grande. I tried to get them - unfortunately like all the others, they do not provide service in my area. I don't see satellite as being viable - too high a price point for too low a performance.
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I just signed with ViaSat for the "remote-remote" location. Ditto, no cable service out there because it's basically a subdivided farm. Ironically, when the installer showed up, he pointed to a utility pole on the corner of the property and declared, "That's fiber optic. Why did they stop just before it got to the actual houses?"

I looked into HughesNet and a locally-advertised company called SOSComm. The SOSC website had a coverage map which showed my exact property as the only dead spot in town. ViaSat seemed to have a much better speed/data usage combination than Hughes for almost the same price. I picked their lowest level because it isn't my primary place, but I may upgrade sooner than later.
 
JHaydon said:
I just signed with ViaSat for the "remote-remote" location. Ditto, no cable service out there because it's basically a subdivided farm. Ironically, when the installer showed up, he pointed to a utility pole on the corner of the property and declared, "That's fiber optic. Why did they stop just before it got to the actual houses?"

I looked into HughesNet and a locally-advertised company called SOSComm. The SOSC website had a coverage map which showed my exact property as the only dead spot in town. ViaSat seemed to have a much better speed/data usage combination than Hughes for almost the same price. I picked their lowest level because it isn't my primary place, but I may upgrade sooner than later.
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I know that the wealthy neighborhood less than 2 miles away has ALL the options (fiber, cable, etc) - I really suspect the decision to serve/not serve an area has a lot to do with income levels and property values of an area. As was previously mention - there ARE programs to help lower income people afford to buy internet, but the internet has to be there to buy. To see a fiber connection end just before a neighborhood to me says they made a conscious decision to not connect that area.
 
The really weird thing -- and this is assuming the installer is correct -- is that the fiber optic is on the CATTLE side of the neighborhood! It ends right where the people start.

Which, to me, says that some idiot laid it out with zero regard to logic. I am seeing a lot of that around here.
 
NutmegCT said:
Greg - you are a lucky man. Here in eastern Connecticut we have cable only. $80/mo for 300mbps d/l, 10 u/l (which in reality is closer to 100 mbps down).
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You're a lucky man too! I pay double that, plus some. (Slightly faster d/l speeds, but still).
 
My apartment building had TWO different fiber cables (different providers) coming into the building - one was installed over 2 years ago. But neither of the providers installed the equipment needed to connect to the main exchange. Seems kind of strange to install the last mile into hundreds of buildings but then not connect them to the system. Happily a few weeks ago one of the suppliers finally turned the fiber on. Now I have 300Mbps and for the first time it doesn't cut out randomly.
 
We just starting getting cable a couple of years ago. It'll probably be a fee more years before fiber optic becomes available.
 
The basic Spectrum service in my area is 300 Mbps. I consistantly run 250 to 280Mbps. Only issue is I can use my wifi. It is an older unit and cuts my service to 102. Gonna have to upgrade to a better unit I guess.
 
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