[colug-432] Comcast and connectivity alternatives

[William Yang]

The $20 may be right, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't include the necessary
insurance cost for having a wire or strand on a pole or in a conduit...

	-Bill

On 02/13/2014 10:43 AM, Jeff Frontz wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net
> <mailto:rfunk at funknet.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Are there any options for internet connections around here other than
>     Time-Warner, AT&T, or (if you're lucky) WoW?
> 
> 
> How close are you to your local CO?  Over the years, I've toyed with
> forming a neighborhood "ISP" and getting a fiber pulled from our CO (less
> than a mile away). At some point in time, I talked with a guy who I think
> said that the cost for doing something like that would be on the order of
> $20/ft -- which I think included the use of the right-of-way on the telco
> poles (Is that even in the neighborhood of being correct)?  I'm not sure
> there are enough geeks in my neighborhood who'd chip in to get gigabit
> access…and I'm not sure I'd want to do the customer service ("have you
> tried rebooting?").  But every time I have to contend with TWC, the thought
> of being my own ISP crosses my mind.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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William Yang
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