Meanwhile, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gi...
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France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026
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#12And here is my house, I pay $300 just to get 300 mbit downspeed and 10mb upload speed.
can government STOP this fucking spectrum(Charter Communications) monopoly.
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#13And here in SF we have like 55%? Been waiting for it for 10 years in my hood.
Why haven't you run your own fiber from your house to the nearest carrier hotel?
I'm not expecting you to do that, but I want to trigger some discussion on what are the exact reasons we all don't do that.
Re: France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026
#14Meanwhile, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gi...
FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to Musk's Starlink
Re: France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026
#15And here in SF we have like 55%? Been waiting for it for 10 years in my hood.
Damn! We had it in the sunset when I lived there back in 2017
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#16Spain is at 96.79% (June 2025), up from 94.79% a year before. See [0]
I think France and Spain are the best of the big European countries regarding coverage, but also adoption: If we look at the adoption ranking globally, Spain sits fourth at 90%, behind the UAE, China and South Korea and ahead of France at 83.6%.
Very few European countries convert coverage into subscriptions that efficiently, and I think it's driven by competition. You can get 500Mb symmetric connection for as little 10 euro [1], 20 for 2Gbps. DIGI has just gone crazy and in their own network they are offering symmetric 10Gbps for 25. Most people I know have 1Gbps because when is that not enough?
[0]: https://digital.gob.es/en/telecomunicaciones-infraestructura...
Re: France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026
#17Quebec has high-speed internet available to all residents. Either fibre to the home, or subsidized StarLink. Canada as a whole is expected to have 90% high speed internet by the end of 2026, and 100% by 2030.
`high-speed internet` is not necessary a fiber though.
As recent as 2025 Videotron had been receiving subsidies to build cable network in a newly constructed neighborhood.
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#18Meanwhile, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/fcc-abolishes-gi...
Reminder that US taxpayer money was handed to the ISPs by the truckload on the promise of fiber. They took that infrastructure money and ran with it.
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#19And here in SF we have like 55%? Been waiting for it for 10 years in my hood.
Why haven't you run your own fiber from your house to the nearest carrier hotel? I'm not expecting you to do that, but I want to trigger some discussion on what are the exact reasons we all don't do that.
The expense for one is enormous. Getting all the rights to dig and running the job is a full time job for a long period time. In many cases its not even possible and the existing firms might tie you up in court and bankrupt you long before you complete.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
In metro Atlanta, just outside of city limits, I was desperate for fiber for a long time. Forced to watch other neighboring cities get Google Fiber at great monthly rates. I pay a bit more with AT&T now, but it’s so worth every penny between streaming, gaming, and personal projects.
Do you really notice it with streaming? I have 80Mbps cable, and nothing has ever slowed down. If I download something over a couple of gigs I just get a glass of water and it’s done.
They are probably talking about streaming to an audience (upload speed).