Welcome to your NEW Internet

[ASUPATCH]

Yeah Directv isn't an option where we live. Also directv doesn't offer internet.

[AppinVA]

Yeah Directv isn't an option where we live. Also directv doesn't offer internet.

There are other options without having to make a...ummm...federal case out of it.

[ASUPATCH]

Actually, where I live there is not.

[AppinVA]

There are bound to be some tradeoffs when you set up out in the sticks. Still, the answer to your situation is not more regulation. I doubt you'll find your bill goes down, or that your services go up. In fact, I'm sure the opposite will be the case.

[ASUPATCH]

First time I have ever heard downtown Denver Colorado referred to as "the sticks".

[AppinVA]

First time I have ever heard downtown Denver Colorado referred to as "the sticks".

Then I'm sure you have more options than Comcast and federal regulation.

[ASUPATCH]

Some areas have access to century link, we do not. The vast majority of Denver CO is Comcast only for internet and if you live in an apartment complex you are married to them. Worst customer service and product of any company I have ever dealt with. And I used to think Charter was bad.

[AppinVA]

I figured Fios would have a presence there.

[97grad]

I figured Fios would have a presence there.

Verizon is done with FiOS. They will support the customers they have, but they announced years ago they are not building it out any further. You seem to be under the impression that there is an actual free market for internet access. 85% of the country is covered by 2 or fewer broadband providers, and the "other" one is typically DSL over copper which is demonstrably inferior, and probably shouldn't even be called broadband by today's standards.

[HeffnerIV]

My mother runs her net exclusively off of a cell router for which she pays cellular data. There are other options.

[AppinVA]

I figured Fios would have a presence there.

Verizon is done with FiOS. They will support the customers they have, but they announced years ago they are not building it out any further. You seem to be under the impression that there is an actual free market for internet access. 85% of the country is covered by 2 or fewer broadband providers, and the "other" one is typically DSL over copper which is demonstrably inferior, and probably shouldn't even be called broadband by today's standards.

Sounds like business opportunities to me. One thing to realize is that cable companies sign a deal with localities for exclusive territory rights (de facto government regulation -- on the local level, at least). If not, our phone poles could look like what you see in New Delhi. However, where I live (Clarksville, Virginia), which an offshoot of the sticks, I apparently have more options than does Patch (downtown Denver, Colorado). Who knew?

[bcoach]

I figured Fios would have a presence there.

Verizon is done with FiOS. They will support the customers they have, but they announced years ago they are not building it out any further. You seem to be under the impression that there is an actual free market for internet access. 85% of the country is covered by 2 or fewer broadband providers, and the "other" one is typically DSL over copper which is demonstrably inferior, and probably shouldn't even be called broadband by today's standards.

Sounds like business opportunities to me. One thing to realize is that cable companies sign a deal with localities for exclusive territory rights (de facto government regulation -- on the local level, at least). If not, our phone poles could look like what you see in New Delhi. However, where I live (Clarksville, Virginia), which an offshoot of the sticks, I apparently have more options than does Patch (downtown Denver, Colorado). Who knew?

I also am in Virginia and have run 5-6 computers here in the office on DSL you about 5 years. This year we switched to cable and the ONLY difference we have noticed is that it goes down more.

[Yosef]

I figured Fios would have a presence there.

Verizon is done with FiOS. They will support the customers they have, but they announced years ago they are not building it out any further. You seem to be under the impression that there is an actual free market for internet access. 85% of the country is covered by 2 or fewer broadband providers, and the "other" one is typically DSL over copper which is demonstrably inferior, and probably shouldn't even be called broadband by today's standards.

Sounds like business opportunities to me. One thing to realize is that cable companies sign a deal with localities for exclusive territory rights (de facto government regulation -- on the local level, at least). If not, our phone poles could look like what you see in New Delhi. However, where I live (Clarksville, Virginia), which an offshoot of the sticks, I apparently have more options than does Patch (downtown Denver, Colorado). Who knew?

I live just outside of Hartford CT and I only have one option as well. I have actually never lived where if I wanted something faster than DSL I had more than one option.

[AppState1]

Maybe Clarksville VA doesn't have a franchise agreement that limits competition.

[AppState1]

My mother runs her net exclusively off of a cell router for which she pays cellular data. There are other options.

How much data does she use? Parents aren't typically the best example for common Internet usage.

[HeffnerIV]

My mother runs her net exclusively off of a cell router for which she pays cellular data. There are other options.

How much data does she use? Parents aren't typically the best example for common Internet usage.

She uses it like a high school girl. It is more expensive, but it's another available option.

[AppinVA]

Maybe Clarksville VA doesn't have a franchise agreement that limits competition.

It does, but you cannot encourage competition by increasing regulation. You just can't.

[AppState1]

Take Chattanooga and Wilson nc for example. They will increase competition by ending these ridiculous laws limiting community broadband. I think that is good. And one of the objectives of this new law.

[NewApp]

I figured Fios would have a presence there.

Verizon is done with FiOS. They will support the customers they have, but they announced years ago they are not building it out any further. You seem to be under the impression that there is an actual free market for internet access. 85% of the country is covered by 2 or fewer broadband providers, and the "other" one is typically DSL over copper which is demonstrably inferior, and probably shouldn't even be called broadband by today's standards.

Sounds like business opportunities to me. One thing to realize is that cable companies sign a deal with localities for exclusive territory rights (de facto government regulation -- on the local level, at least). If not, our phone poles could look like what you see in New Delhi. However, where I live (Clarksville, Virginia), which an offshoot of the sticks, I apparently have more options than does Patch (downtown Denver, Colorado). Who knew?

I also am in Virginia and have run 5-6 computers here in the office on DSL you about 5 years. This year we switched to cable and the ONLY difference we have noticed is that it goes down more.

Same here in NC but I only had two computers. Thankfully I only kept cable a little over a year.

[NewApp]

Maybe Clarksville VA doesn't have a franchise agreement that limits competition.

It does, but you cannot encourage competition by increasing regulation. You just can't.

RichmondApp, you made my day in that we agree on something for like the second time in over a decade. Happy St. Patrick's Day.