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Re:Chattanooga’s public ISP now offers citywide residential ... by AdamJacobMuller on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @04:19PM (#32585209)
Providers will amortize the capex of a build over the life of the contract and also factor in other possible customers they may gain along the route or in the building (for multi-tenant buildings). You will "always" pay for some portion of the build, but, discounted and amortized across the life of a contract is pretty standard even with $0 upfront.
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Re:Chattanooga’s public ISP now offers citywide residential ... by asguy on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @07:34PM (#32587317)
They will, unless you're asking them to do something completely out of their planned provisioning. Then it gets very expensive, very quickly, and you're expected to front that cost.

e.g. pricing out a run of fiber down 10 miles of dirt road in the middle of nowhere. PtP wireless ended up being a much better deal, even after having to arrange tower space.

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