The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers

Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by reaperducer on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:23PM (#23657211)

In both cases, where buildings had exclusivity agreements or had the fiber providers lay the fiber themselves, residents are worse off.

This is an opportunity for wireless. I've lived in buildings with exclusive internet agreements. I was able to bypass those in some cities back when WiMax was still available. I got double the speed for half the price when I was living in an AT&T building, and the same speed for half the price when I was in a Qwest building.

I'm not a fan of the new breed of satellite internet startups, but if they put fear into the wired/fibered carriers, then at least some good will come out of them.

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by post_below on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:05PM (#23657601)

when I was living in an AT&T building

The dystopian future is here.

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by jonpurdy on Saturday June 27, 2020 @01:14AM (#23659671)

My father actually worked for a startup providing wireless access to rural and urban areas back in the late 90s. It was nice to have a 27 megabit connection to my house when the hottest thing was a 2 megabit DSL line.

What cost that company $200,000 in 1998 and took up an entire rack now can be bought for about $2,000 from Ubiquiti and mounted in a few U in a rack. They even have the software available to run your own ISP!

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by lostlogin on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:51AM (#23660433)

I love their gear. It has a lot of warts and strange issues, but it fills a space above standard consumer stuff. You can end up with a ridiculous setup if you aren’t careful.

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