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Author Topic: internet service (weird problem with getting it)  (Read 2292 times)

nenjin

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Re: internet service (weird problem with getting it)
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2017, 05:31:53 pm »

I was gonna suggest looking up Google Fiber but last I recall, their coverage is very small compared to the major ISPs so it's entirely based on where you live.
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Re: internet service (weird problem with getting it)
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2017, 10:35:04 pm »

The fact that the major telecoms abuse exclusivity agreements and grease up politicians to prevent new rivals in the service provider space does not help things.  There are actually quite a few smaller ISPs that would *LOVE* to provide fiber to people's houses, but are legally barred from even so much as digging a hole with a shovel.

(For a candid, inside view of how ISPs in the US operate, just look at the hissy fit they are throwing in California right now, over a proposal to limit their ability to secretly collect and sell use information from their customers.)
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