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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by ComputerGuru on Monday September 07, 2020 @10:09PM (#24404646)
> If anyone wants to have an unfettered pipe then call up a Tier 1/2/3 ISP and ask for a commercial connection via a single-mode fibre, and be ready to pay quite a bit for it.

You might be surprised to find it surprisingly affordable. Cheaper than colocation, even.

Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by throw0101a on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:38AM (#24408834)
> You might be surprised to find it surprisingly affordable.

Assuming you can easily get hooked up at a residential address. Perhaps if you live in an apartment/condo tower, then fibre may have already been run:

* https://www.fibrestream.ca/locations

Some random house, on some random street? Unlikely.

Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by ComputerGuru on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:02PM (#24409702)
If you get in touch with the right department, you would typically have to sign a multi year contract with the net value due upfront in case of termination to get them to run the fiber to you. Or else cover the cost of the run as an installation fee.
Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by throw0101a on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @01:19PM (#24410506)
> Or else cover the cost of the run as an installation fee.

The community of Ammon, ID, built their own municipal fibre network because of this:

> It all began about seven years ago when the city government, suffering from horrible upload speeds, wanted a dedicated 100Mbps circuit between City Hall and the Public Works building, less than a mile apart. Qwest (now CenturyLink) didn't want the project, while Cable One offered to do it for a start-up fee of $80,000 plus $1,000 a month, Patterson said.

* https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/what-...

* https://www.ammonfiber.com

At this year's (virtual) NLNOG there was presentation from a fellow who was fed up with slow Internet options in his rural Michigan county and so setup his own ISP by having fibre optic pulled to his house and then redistributing service to his neighbours:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXJgvy3mEg

Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by erinnh on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:05AM (#24405598)
Only if you want a complete rack or more at a colo facility.

If you get half a rack or less, that tends to be (quite a bit) cheaper.

Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” by ComputerGuru on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:03PM (#24409711)
I have both, and I think the break even point is probably paying for around 7 or 8U.