Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

[Blake Hudson <blake () ispn net>]

The house was completed a year or two before my mother's purchase and it 
took Comcast another year or two to lay cable. Imagine buying a house 
and waiting three to four years for internet service. That does not 
qualify as "got service right away" in my mind. The frustrating part, 
for me as a bystander, was that the 10-20 year old homes in the same 
neighborhood had great service from several providers, while this group 
of 4-5 homes had only one option. Certainly opened my eyes to the fact 
that there are internet deserts in the middle of the suburbs.

Before purchasing my current home, I double checked visually that there 
were at least two internet providers in the ground and at least one of 
them was fiber before signing a contract. Turned out both were fiber 
while a coax provider was promised and did eventually deliver. I'm happy 
with my current service and its price; I attribute some of that to the 
competition in the area.

--Blake



On 2/11/2022 3:42 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
> I believe what he said was "Comcast did eventually lay cable".  That 
> was in a brand new development.  It's a brand new house and got 
> service right away.  What more do you want from providers?
>
> Out in the country, yes, there are the 10k to 100k build out costs all 
> the time.  But that's the country (rural).
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM Brandon Svec via NANOG 
> <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
>
>     Excellent example.  I see this all.the.time. She could
>     probably get Comcast just fine by paying $50k buildout or signing
>     a 10 year agreement for TV/Phone/Internet and convincing 5
>     neighbors too ;)
>     *Brandon *
>
>
>
>     On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 1:32 PM Blake Hudson <blake () ispn net> wrote:
>
>         My mom moves to Olathe, KS. The realtor indicated that ATT,
>         Comcast, and
>         Google Fiber all provided service to the neighborhood and the HOA
>         confirmed. Unfortunately for her, Google fiber laid fiber ~3
>         years
>         before and her cul-de-sac was developed ~2 years before she
>         moved in. No
>         Google Fiber, no Comcast, just ATT. Both Comcast and Google
>         Fiber were
>         within 100 ft of her property and wouldn't serve her. Google
>         has no
>         plans to serve that cul-de-sac in the future. Comcast did
>         eventually lay
>         cable. I'm sure her and her neighbors aren't the only people
>         in America
>         to experience something similar.
>
>         On 2/11/2022 3:14 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>         >
>         > >An apartment building could have cheap 1G fiber and the
>         houses across
>         > the street have no option but slow DSL.
>         >
>         > Where is this example?  Or is this strictly hypothetical?
>         >
>         >