The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers

Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by beezle on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:25PM (#23657238)

Can I switch with you? I pay $88/mo for what is rate as "25 Mbps" high speed service. Reality? 20-22 Mbps down and 6-8 Mbps up in the local area, falling off significantly with distance (10.5 down just now to SF).

This is asymmetric with no disclaimer on their advertising page from an entrenched local monopoly in the north east (a small one)

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by gbrown on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:50PM (#23657954)

I’d happily switch with you lol. $60 for 10/0.5. American broadband infrastructure is a sad joke.

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by BenjiWiebe on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:30PM (#23658797)

We were at 6/0.768 for ~$90/month. 60ms latency. We switched to a local WISP and got 10/2 for $65/month, with 20ms latency. And the WISP's service is usually a bit faster than what they say as opposed to CenturyLink...

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Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers by gbrown on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:21PM (#23659272)

If I had more free time, I’d legitimately start a WISP for my neighborhood.

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