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I think one of the things I'm most excited for is canceling my absurd Comcast agreement.
Me, ATT... <10Mbps is a joke....
My 2mbps internet connection and I envy all of you.
Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
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Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
you mean $30 fee _for a $30 activation fee (plus applicable taxes) and no monthly charge for at least 7 years_
From the linked site: Up to 5Mbps download, 1Mbps upload speed • No data caps • Free service guaranteed for at least 7 years • Includes Network Box $300 construction fee (one time or 12 monthly payments of $25) + taxes and fees
Don't see that on the linked page; you might be looking at the info for Topeka, where they don't already have the fiber laid. Your parent is talking about the provo specific page that the article actually links to, where it very clearly says that it's a $30 activation fee for homes already on iProvo.
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#83Why not come to Bay Area? I feel this is a suitable place for high speed internet.
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Yep. I pay 60 bucks a month for 40 Mbps, and Google offers 1 Gbps for 70 bucks a month. I pay almost the same price for 4% the speed (not to mention horrible customer service).
You're well off. Here in Ontario, I pay ~$75 a month (after taxes & extra fees) for 25mbit. I would kill for $60 40mbit service.
Don't forget the data caps.
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. I pay 60 bucks a month for 40 Mbps, and Google offers 1 Gbps for 70 bucks a month. I pay almost the same price for 4% the speed (not to mention horrible customer service).
You're well off. Here in Ontario, I pay ~$75 a month (after taxes & extra fees) for 25mbit. I would kill for $60 40mbit service.
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Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#86Why not come to Bay Area? I feel this is a suitable place for high speed internet.
it's probably much cheaper and quicker to roll fiber out in multiple smaller cities then in one giant city.
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#87This is definitely one of those situations where when the big telcos heard about Kansas - they were prolly thinking..."meh...who cares about Kansas".
But it feels like every few weeks, Google makes a new announcement. This is definitely going to shake-up the entire ISP market in the US.
I am happy for you guys - I no longer live there, but when I did RoadRunner wasn't TOOO bad.
I guess Comcast is the biggest offender and I hate to see customers taken advantage of.
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#88I'm really excited that they continue to expand.
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I'm not LDS, and generally dislike religion, but I wonder how bad an LDS-controlled area really would be. I assume it means good disaster/etc. preparation, a relatively strong social safety net for participants (and thus less abject poverty, random crazy people, etc.) The non-LDS or ex-LDS people I know who live in Utah (from Defcon or whatever) seem pretty cohesive as well. Maybe because it's a smaller tech scene th…
As a member of the Church that attended BYU (in Provo), I'm always a bit surprised to hear people outside the church express these kinds of questions. In Utah due to the large percentage of the population belonging to the Church, there is a somewhat unique culture (it's a Utah Mormon culture, not a Mormon culture in general, if than makes sense). Us Mormons believe in respect and love towards all, regardless of belie…
I guess I was comparing it to other countries I've worked in with one dominant religion (and stories about Israel from other people, where if you're not Israeli or at least Jewish you're fairly excluded...). All of the Mormons I've met (admittedly, outside Utah) have been positive outliers as individual people, but I assume when you have a larger sample set there is the normal range of human variation.
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#90Today we announced that we hope to purchase iProvo, an existing fiber-optic network owned by the city of Provo. As a part of the acquisition, we would commit to upgrade the network to gigabit technology and finish network construction so that every home along the existing iProvo network would have the opportunity to connect to Google Fiber. Our agreement with Provo isn’t approved yet—it’s pending a vote by the City C…
The city has been looking to get out of the financial obligations from iProvo for a while, it'd have to end up being a really bad deal for them to say no to this.
It is a really bad deal because it eliminates municipal ownership of the infrastructure that would facilitate competition. Instead they are installing a new monopolist which will only seem to improve things in the short term.