Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid

Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by karteum on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:03AM (#28999851)

> Its why should anyone build a house in the middle of nowhere and expect the govt to spend whatever it takes to get connected.

But the article says "he expected to pay a few thousand dollars, given that the nearest pole was across the street, about 45 metres away. He was shocked to find out it would cost $80,000".

So it's not the case of a house in the middle of nowhere...

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Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by taneq on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:07AM (#28999898)

Just playing devil's advocate here but maybe the whole line cost $400k and they could only charge the other 4 houses on the street $80k each. The fact that the line's already run doesn't mean it's already paid for.

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Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by ska on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:31PM (#29002473)

Shouldn't that be built into the service fee though? It's not like this is a one time purchase...

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Re:Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off t... by Gigachad on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:42PM (#29006694)

And then we would be reading an article about people going off grid because their power cost is 4x average.

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