Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream?

Re:Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream? by rimjeilly on Monday May 15, 2017 @12:24PM (#14342816)

Im no expert - but it seems the rollout for such speeds always starts in major cities. Then rolls from there... at least from the big providers. Demand for such speeds (outside of techies etc) is probably not as wide as you might think. Theres a ton of people who barely get dsl speeds that wouldnt even know any better.

Lots of factors, but $ is probably the largest

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Re:Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream? by trafficlight on Monday May 15, 2017 @01:10PM (#14343217)

I think it's a chicken and egg thing. What products and services could be feasible if the bandwidth was generally available to support such things?

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Re:Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream? by thomastjeffery on Monday May 15, 2017 @06:38PM (#14345792)

Fortunately, that isn't entirely true in this case.

In rural western Utah (and eastern Nevada) we get fiber-to-house from a relatively small broadband company. It's pricey, and they are literally the only available service (apart from satellite), but they are doing great work. A few years ago, I thought the best this <50 house town could ever hope for was DSL. I was happily proved wrong.

My hope is that there are more businesses willing to do the same thing across the US.

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Re:Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream? by dylz on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:26PM (#14363684)

Doesn't Utah have municipal fibre (UTOPIA?)

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Re:Ask HN: When will gigabit broadband go mainstream? by thomastjeffery on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:41PM (#14363780)

Apparently in some areas. Mostly northern Utah by the look of it.

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