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Re:US internet speeds 91% faster in 2020 according to user s... by loeg on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @05:08PM (#25203520)
CenturyLink fiber is relatively recent to the Seattle area (2017 or 2018) and serves a broader customer base than Wave née Condo.

Condo was historically only available in a small number of buildings very close to the Westin building downtown (site of the Seattle Internet Exchange). It is slightly broader now, but only slightly.

Here's a big old PDF of Seattle area internet service (2019)[1]. Most of Seattle is CenturyLink + Comcast. The second biggest portion is Comcast-only. Wave covers very little of the city.

[1]: https://www.seattle.gov/tech/initiatives/broadband/gigabit-a...

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Re:US internet speeds 91% faster in 2020 according to user s... by rconti on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:44PM (#25205837)
Seems like I was hearing my Seattle friends brag about their Centurylink Fiber quite a long time ago -- I want to say 5 or 8 years. Maybe the initial rollout was small and it took awhile to get going?

I'm a Seattle native, down in the bay area now, and JUST got gigabit fiber. Couldn't be happier.

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Re:US internet speeds 91% faster in 2020 according to user s... by loeg on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:42AM (#25206313)
Maybe CenturyLink rolled out to a limited availability sooner than I'm remembering. There was also a very limited Verizon FTTH rollout on the east side some time earlier as well, but I don't know anyone who was in a service area for it.
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