<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Rob Funk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rfunk@funknet.net" target="_blank">rfunk@funknet.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow:hidden">Are there any options for internet connections around here other than<br>
Time-Warner, AT&T, or (if you're lucky) WoW?</div></blockquote></div><br>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.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Jeff</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>
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