Comcast, Verizon: You're officially on notice . Prepare to be disrupted.
It's Comcast and Century Link here, but I am so ready for them to be disrupted. I'm just 10 miles too far away. :(
Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
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Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ha ha... I'm not your typical "Oh my heck" Utahn though—I do drop the hard swears when appropriate, just not online.
It's ok man, I've got your back. I'm the OP of this submission and I'm from Lehi of all places. :)
I'm honestly a little surprised to find another Lehite here. We could have a two-person meet up. :)
On a side note, I added my name/zip code to the request page. Anything we can do to let them know there is demand further north is good.
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#203Come on, Seattle!
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#204I can see how buying fiber networks like this helps their implementation strategy, but Provo where? I've literally never heard of this town. I'm wondering if these Google Fiber experiments wouldn't be more impactful if they weren't in big cities. KC and Austin are good choices with solid tech centers to see innovation from high network speeds, but Provo, Utah? Really?
It somewhat feels like there's some political purpose behind the choices. Kansas, Utah, Texas - all big GOP strongholds. Hmm.
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Oh yes, precisely my point rolls eyes . Since you seem to be aware of the NSA's intentions, aside from your sarcasm, perhaps you could explain the purpose of this data center: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/ Just because you're not paying attention doesn't mean shady things aren't happening.
Just because the NSA is building a datacenter doesn't mean shady things are happening.
That's cute. Quite the shadow of the doubt you have.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_co...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_electronic_surveillance_pro...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailblazer_Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
But move along, nothing to see here!
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
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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.
You've got it good. Here in Santa Cruz California at the southern end of Silicon Valley, I pay $70/month for a whopping 6mbit (ADSL). This is via a reseller of everyone's darling Sonic. They helpfully include "free" phone service I have no use for, which is then responsible for a not free $10 of that bill, $7 of which goes to Sonic for providing the "free" phone service.
And yet it gets worse: here in South Africa, I'm paying just over 140 USD for a 8mbit ADSL, with a +- 50 GB bandwidth cap.
I suspect the New Zealanders are about to chirp in with their extortion-level rates :)
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh yes, precisely my point rolls eyes . Since you seem to be aware of the NSA's intentions, aside from your sarcasm, perhaps you could explain the purpose of this data center: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/ Just because you're not paying attention doesn't mean shady things aren't happening.
Just because the NSA is building a datacenter doesn't mean shady things are happening.
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There are still other ISPs in the area that will be competing. The change will be from a bankrupt fiber provider that the city cannot afford to a well-funded provider undergoing network enhancements and expansion. Stop complaining.
Presumably those competitors won't have access to fiber to the home. Besides the fact that it doesn't make sense to roll out separate fiber for each provider it is clear that municipal owned fiber would decrease barriers to entry and therefore increase competition. You simply cannot expect good outcomes in situations of monopoly/oligopoly regardless of who the monopolists are.
Why would this prevent anyone else from accessing fiber to the home? I thought the whole neat reaction from the Austin, TX fiber announcement was that ATT was planning on doing just the same.
Re: Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
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Free Internet at 5 mb up/down for a $300 installation fee.
$300 in Kansas, $30 in Provo. Existing network might make it cheaper.
Not sure, but given the wording it might just be $300 as well for homes in provo that aren't on the existing fiber network (like it would be to thread up a new home in Kansas City). Totally guesswork though; could be more or less as well.
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About a month ago Comcast doubled the speed of my connection for free (50/10 -> 105/20). I was delighted as I assumed it meant that a competitor was rolling out fiber in the area or something, and I was very disappointed when an hour scouring the internet for announcements revealed nothing. Somehow I don't think that was the intended reaction. Then again, Comcast tries to get me to "upgrade" to packages costing half…
I totally agree. Comcast is not the worst. My parents happen to live in an area serviced by a ma and pop cable company (Service Electric Cablevision). 20/2 internet with a 200GB cap for $51 a month. Comcast, which is available to the community less than five miles away, crushes this. This is only 45 minutes from Philadelphia!
What's just sad is you can hit 200GB a month with a 80kb/s connection.