Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead
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@DustinB3403 said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
In Rochester we don't have those kinds of outages. Maybe it's because we're a much smaller city or because our infrastructure is better maintained
I'd refuse to pay for service like that.
In most places - if you refuse to pay for service like that, then you simply have no service at all.
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@Dashrender said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@DustinB3403 said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
In Rochester we don't have those kinds of outages. Maybe it's because we're a much smaller city or because our infrastructure is better maintained
I'd refuse to pay for service like that.
In most places - if you refuse to pay for service like that, then you simply have no service at all.
Sad but true.
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We are lucky. We pay $90 for gig symmetrical at our HQ. The branch is like $300 for 1000/500
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Where I'm at, you pay $49 for ATT DSL 7.5 down (that is it) or $90 to Spectrum for 100Mb down.
I am in a suburb in OH but I live on a dead end street of a main street. 400 yards away ATT Fiber Uverse with 10/100 for $79. They won't run down my street at all.
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@pmoncho said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
Where I'm at, you pay $49 for ATT DSL 7.5 down (that is it) or $90 to Spectrum for 100Mb down.
I am in a suburb in OH but I live on a dead end street of a main street. 400 yards away ATT Fiber Uverse with 10/100 for $79. They won't run down my street at all.
make a deal with someone close by to install to their premise and use Ubiquiti gear to send it to your house.
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@JaredBusch said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@pmoncho said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
Where I'm at, you pay $49 for ATT DSL 7.5 down (that is it) or $90 to Spectrum for 100Mb down.
I am in a suburb in OH but I live on a dead end street of a main street. 400 yards away ATT Fiber Uverse with 10/100 for $79. They won't run down my street at all.
make a deal with someone close by to install to their premise and use Ubiquiti gear to send it to your house.
That would be nice wouldn't. Just need to cut down some dense 100' Oak and Maple trees too.
Although, I could use another friend.
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@pmoncho said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@JaredBusch said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@pmoncho said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
Where I'm at, you pay $49 for ATT DSL 7.5 down (that is it) or $90 to Spectrum for 100Mb down.
I am in a suburb in OH but I live on a dead end street of a main street. 400 yards away ATT Fiber Uverse with 10/100 for $79. They won't run down my street at all.
make a deal with someone close by to install to their premise and use Ubiquiti gear to send it to your house.
That would be nice wouldn't. Just need to cut down some dense 100' Oak and Maple trees too.
Although, I could use another friend.
zero line of sight at all?
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@Dashrender said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@pmoncho said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@JaredBusch said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
@pmoncho said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
Where I'm at, you pay $49 for ATT DSL 7.5 down (that is it) or $90 to Spectrum for 100Mb down.
I am in a suburb in OH but I live on a dead end street of a main street. 400 yards away ATT Fiber Uverse with 10/100 for $79. They won't run down my street at all.
make a deal with someone close by to install to their premise and use Ubiquiti gear to send it to your house.
That would be nice wouldn't. Just need to cut down some dense 100' Oak and Maple trees too.
Although, I could use another friend.
zero line of sight at all?
Correct. I just don't know if I could put up a 30' pole on their home and mine to get a line of sight.
Trust me, it is really f***ing annoying around here. The only solution is to move but that won't happen anytime soon.
ATT and DirectTV came around recently and I seen my neighbors switch over. Then they realized how crappy ATT DSL was and how the Dish's hard a hard time getting a signal through the trees on a windy day. Needless to say, all 8 of them switched back to Spectrum.
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Four hundred yards isn't all that far. Might be worth a small investment in equipment to see if it could cut through some dense foliage.
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Just had this email exchange today with Adams Telecom.
Note: The existing service was 50/50 with a 3 year contract at $80. Contract expired this month.This is what happens when small municipalities are ignored. They work with local telecoms or do it themselves. Ans the costs are always better.
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@JaredBusch said in Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead:
Just had this email exchange today with Adams Telecom.
Note: The existing service was 50/50 with a 3 year contract at $80. Contract expired this month.This is what happens when small municipalities are ignored. They work with local telecoms or do it themselves. Ans the costs are always better.
Must be F'ng NICE! B#&%@
