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Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments

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Re: Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments

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Post by caseyf7 »

kbenson wrote: post #102
caseyf7 wrote: post #67

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Sonic is reselling AT&T fiber in most situations, but they provide their own support which is nice if you need it. If the problem is with the fiber, you are still relying on AT&T.

Not "most situations" for years and not at all for a bit now. AT&T fiber reselling in an area was always a stop gap until we could build out our own offering at that locatuon and offer a better and cheaper product of our own which is more profitable for us to people that were already our customers, which is a win for them and for us.

This was in reference to Silicon Valley

Re: Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments

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Post by kbenson »

caseyf7 wrote: post #221
kbenson wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not "most situations" for years and not at all for a bit now. AT&T fiber reselling in an area was always a stop gap until we could build out our own offering at that locatuon and offer a better and cheaper product of our own which is more profitable for us to people that were already our customers, which is a win for them and for us.

This was in reference to Silicon Valley

Yes. Sonic is not currently selling AT&T at all anymore as a new service, but we have existing customers on that product which can continue to use it. Where we are currently selling fiber, in much of the bay area and in Los Angeles now, it's our own product. Also, the vast majority of our current customers are on our own product and not resold AT&T fiber or any resold service from another provider.

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Post by tracker1 »

snielson wrote: post #183
tracker1 wrote: post #171

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Verizon home, where available, isn't too bad... it's definitely a good backup connection for WFH scenarios.

T-mobile business has a backup plan for $30/mo ($15/mo on a promo a month ago) that can be used for up to 7 days of internet per month. I signed up for it so I will still have internet if my fiber goes out (my router will automatically switch over in an outage).

Yeah, Verizon is similar... I really need to setup the automatic failover on my router, I'd been unplugging one an plugging in the other for the couple times I've needed it.

Aside, really want to run a script to reboot the cable modem daily... it seems to build up a number of errors on a couple of the channels, but a reboot has it working fine again. It slows down a bit while it happens, and I only notice when streaming starts buffering a lot.

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Post by Qwertious »

soerxpso wrote: post #168
Qwertious wrote: post #131

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I hate how corporate lobbying is described as "government action", as if the government here is the actor and not the condom.

The government is the actor. Do you think that corporate lobbying gives corporations the right to write their own laws, or something? Lobbying is paying someone to speak to a government representative. Every government representative has the full authority to respond, "No? That's stupid," and if they respond any other way they should be the one held accountable for it.

>Do you think that corporate lobbying gives corporations the right to write their own laws, or something?

Given how common it is for politicians to pass bills directly written by corporate lobbies, yes. I think exactly that.

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