RE: One of our own in the Guardian.

[Robert Bergman <Rbergma () gcpud org>]

I'm happy to say we did not use federal or state money to build the fiber or the network in Grant County.  There is 
some of that floating around us though. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:37 PM
To: Constantine A. Murenin; Jeff Kell
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: One of our own in the Guardian.

I would imagine this cheap rural fiber showed up after the RUS stimulus? A former employer (GCI, in Anchorage Alaska) 
received quite a bit of money in the form of a grant/loan for a rural fiber network (I think they may have received the 
largest of all grants). Would be interesting to know how much of this was as a result of dot gov funding.


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-------- Original message --------
From: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc () gmail com>
Date: 07/14/2013 10:59 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: One of our own in the Guardian.


On 14 July 2013 10:11, Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu> wrote:
> On 7/13/2013 10:15 PM, Jima wrote:
> > On 2013-07-13 14:44, Bill Woodcock wrote:
> > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/09/xmission-isp-customers-p
> > > rivacy-nsa
> >
> >  I can happily state that XMission is my home ISP, with UTOPIA 
> > (city-involved fiber optic provider) as the local loop.  (Really, who 
> > has 100/100 at home?)
>
> A whole lot of folks in Chattanooga...
> https://epbfi.com/enroll/packages/#/fi-speed-internet-100
>
> 100Mb symmetric is $69/mo, 250Mb is $139, 1Gbit is $299
>
> Largely Alcatel/Lucent GPON.  Business rates considerably higher :) 
> They are one of our providers and we aren't "metered".  I don't know 
> how they're handling domestic rates / quotas.

There are a number of 100/100 under $100/mo providers in the US, but most of them are concentrated in various rural 
areas.

I've tried maintaining an up-to-date list of providers with reasonable offers at http://bmap.su/, but lately haven't 
had the time to keep on updating it.

C.