Agreeable-Meat1 t1_ispg2qy wrote on October 17, 2022 at 6:49 PM

Reply to comment by BoricPenguin in Comcast wanted $210,000 for Internet—so this man helped expand a co-op fiber ISP | Fed up with Comcast and AT&T, Silicon Valley residents started their own network. by chrisdh79

Fun fact, 17 states have laws on the books preventing municipal governments from offering broadband services to residents. There are actually a few small cities that offer full on home internet through the city government. It's definitely an interesting way to attract residents.

DENelson83 t1_ispkjrp wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:18 PM

Laws all written by Comcast and its ilk.

tankerkiller125real t1_isqrnv8 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 12:27 AM

Ohio tried to pass a law like that, the problem is that they tried to do it too late. Cities who already had it, and cities already in the planning/deployment phase shut it down hard.

Ok-Flatworm9115 t1_isrhna9 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 3:58 AM

Ohio in northeast area is bad. Time Warner and the other one divide the areas up. You only have one option which is total bullshit. Can’t get the other company even if it’s across the street

tankerkiller125real t1_issc4qz wrote on October 18, 2022 at 10:38 AM

I'm one of the lucky ones that has both spectrum and ATT as an option... Reality is though that only Spectrum is good... ATT wants the same money for 5x slower speeds.

shortybobert t1_isrsdq6 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 5:56 AM

I'd still rather pay Comcast than plug my devices directly into the government