Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by 33W on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:24PM
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What type of competition do you have among your ISPs? I think this is a fear in the US because many people are locked into a single ISP because of geography.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by RyanZAG on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:33PM
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Tons of competition. I have a choice of multiple different fiber line providers, government copper phone line provider, a bunch of different wireless options, and then multiple different ISPs who run over those different fiber or copper lines or 4G towers.
Generally small towns would only have access to 1 fiber or copper line provider (generally Telkom our useless government supplier), but multiple ISPs running on that line so it's not that bad, but I live in the suburbs near a city so I have a lot more choice.
I wanted to add that I think everyone's case is different. I had a tenure in Chicago and all of the apartment buildings I lived in were locked to a single ISP. This is very much so a YMMV.