Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by Retric on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:28PM
(#16153603)
Looks like completion at work Verizon Fios charges far more than that for lower speeds in MD and VA. However, NYC's is still twice what it costs in many cities around the world.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by rayiner on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:38PM
(#16153678)
I'm not sure whether those other "cities around the world" are a fair comparison. Install and operating expenses for fiber are dominated by labor costs, and skilled labor in the U.S. is expensive. The median adjusted household income in the U.S. is 90% higher than in Spain, and 40% higher than in France. That's why I used London and Zurich as points of reference, rather than say Barcelona (where, as you point out, you can get gigabit for under $45/month).
Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by Symbiote on Monday January 15, 2018 @05:09PM
(#16153881)
Copenhagen - Hyper - 299 DKK; Gigabit - 349 DKK ($50-57).
That should be a fair comparison with London and Zurich.
I think there's some reason why it's so cheap, I remember someone explaining, but I don't know what the reason was.
Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by soziawa on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @08:11AM
(#16157863)
Where did you get the numbers for the household income from?
Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by Godel_unicode on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @01:11AM
(#16156190)
FiOS in VA is $79.99 for two years (not a promotional price) for gig. Source: it's awesome.
Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by Retric on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:39AM
(#16158905)
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/248312-verizon-doesnt-s...
The plan is technically $195 monthly with a ton of “special bonus discounts.” Existing customers aren’t allowed to sign up at all yet, and the price will be higher when they can.
Re:Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
by Godel_unicode on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @12:24AM
(#16165684)
That article from almost a year ago (which was just mindless regurgitation of the ars Technica piece which was also wrong) was not reflective of reality. It actually wasn't even correct when it was written, but you had to know to ask for the lower rate.
Don't ask PR people sales questions. Call sales, be friendly, you'll get the real price. Call PR or sound like an I-Hate-ISPs jerk, pay the jerk tax.