▲ 289 ▼ Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig plan (www.fiercetelecom.com) submitted 2 years ago by whfsdude@dmv.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) At&t offered my 5mbps lmao. Idk what they are digging for permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably putting in VDSL to cash in on federal "high speed Internet" grants. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Schemata@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's so frustrating, I worked with a group that had their own community broadband council just to get broadband more wide spread in their county. Those grants are ridiculous and on objection from another fed department about their grants creating a conflict or another coop claiming they are already offering can derail a whole application. Applications that are not easy or cheap to produce either. Makes me sick to my stomach permalink fedilink source parent [–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago IKR? The last time digsafe came out and marked, there were 3 separate AT&T lines twisting around each other like spaghetti, all going the same way and within 3 feet of each other. Like, you've already got conduit buried, just blow another fiber through it. Maybe some exec's kid runs a horizontal drilling company. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably putting in VDSL to cash in on federal "high speed Internet" grants. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Schemata@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's so frustrating, I worked with a group that had their own community broadband council just to get broadband more wide spread in their county. Those grants are ridiculous and on objection from another fed department about their grants creating a conflict or another coop claiming they are already offering can derail a whole application. Applications that are not easy or cheap to produce either. Makes me sick to my stomach permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schemata@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's so frustrating, I worked with a group that had their own community broadband council just to get broadband more wide spread in their county. Those grants are ridiculous and on objection from another fed department about their grants creating a conflict or another coop claiming they are already offering can derail a whole application. Applications that are not easy or cheap to produce either. Makes me sick to my stomach permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago IKR? The last time digsafe came out and marked, there were 3 separate AT&T lines twisting around each other like spaghetti, all going the same way and within 3 feet of each other. Like, you've already got conduit buried, just blow another fiber through it. Maybe some exec's kid runs a horizontal drilling company. permalink fedilink source parent