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Do these guys actually lay down fiber? If so, isn't that crazy expensive, and how does that work since it seems there's a limited amount of conduit space that can be used in cities, towns, neighborhoods, etc.. In other words, not everybody and their brother can just lay down fiber.
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I think its more of a matter of class-warfare politics. Cities would rather have nobody have fiber than just the people who could afford it.
If there's anything that is class-warfare it's not adopting the very proven model of municipality networks. Of course government doing something good doesn't sit right with 'those who can afford'.
Chatanooga's system cost 5-8k per subscriber household for fiber and smart grid. It has resulted in little to none of the projected economic growth. And the revenue stream in no way makes up for the capital investment. The market values the NPV of a Comcast customer at only $2,500, and cable customers pay quite a bit more than $70 per month.
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$89/mos for 1000/1000 and we'll also have an entry level option as well. Not billed like we bill for mobile service, no ;-) We've been around the internet long enough to know that its different than mobile ;-)
Heads up - update your open graph tags. When I share this on Facebook it's still showing mobile copy "Ting is a new mobile phone service..."
I would like to say, having used Ting for a while. Its customer service was amazing. You called, someone picked up immediately. They worked for ting, and it was not outsourced. So they resolved my issue within 5 minutes and I got a email transcript within the hour detailing what happened. It was awesome. Plus Ting was cheap af, I would spend like 10$ a month for a smart phone. Its data service was extremely slow, whi…
If you feel like giving us another chance, we've got Ting in GSM which might resolve the Ting on CDMA data issues you experienced. Thanks for the kind words about our customer service. Our team thrives on great feedback like this :)
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If you feel like giving us another chance, we've got Ting in GSM which might resolve the Ting on CDMA data issues you experienced. Thanks for the kind words about our customer service. Our team thrives on great feedback like this :)
Would Ting ever consider being the back-end provider of an Open Access Network?
If you guys want to fuck up Comcast, head to the Twin Cities. We're one of their biggest markets, and there's a reason why we have a few fiber competitors here already making them sweat. One is CenturyLink. Another is a local ISP. Yes, I said it, local ISP.
CenturyLink installed FTTH here a few days ago. When I called Comcast to cancel, it sounded like they intended to put up a fight until I mentioned the word "gigabit." Immediately took the wind out of the poor rep's sails.
I called, because the database online sometimes sucks. Nope.
And then the rep was "but we do have 24mbps at your address", "No, thank you, I have 150mbps with Comcast", and the rep replied, "What do you really need that much for? I'm pretty sure you don't and are just overpaying."
I didn't even bother beyond "I work from home. I need it. Thanks. Bye."