Quote from: hugh mungus on December 14, 2023, 12:45:37Your best bet is the US FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I map of what census blocks were put up for bid on for coverage and which companies won the bid for each block and what kind of service to expect for said block. For instance most of eastern Wisconsin and western lower Michigan are green which indicates gigabit fiber and if you click on it it'll tell you that CCO Holdings, aka Charter aka Spectrum, won the bid on it.

Thank you.  Found my area and it appears "Above baseline, low latency" which appears to be not a candidate for Fiber rollout.

The areas around me that are green/approved are extremely sparse in population so I imagine rolling out fiber to these communities would be marginal profit/high risk for Fiber companies.  They need to haul fiber many miles away, and then the properties are sparse even then, and I imagine a large portion of them doubtful even want it?

Wonder why isn't it done via demand?  I can probably get about 5-10 of my neighbors on board with paying for Fiber in our "Rural" community.  We are much more dense than the areas listed as approved.

Anyway, Thanks.  Doesn't look like Fiber is coming anytime soon to us.

Quote from: indy on December 13, 2023, 18:15:37Hugh, are there any maps for this Fiber availability in rural areas?

I am literally across the street from a house that has DSL, and we can't get anything but spotty 5G (from one section outside out house) and LTE. Would happily pay a premium for a Fiber rollout here, but nothing available.

Looked into Starlink, but Musk's politics and acerbic attitude and promises leave me rather not having reliable internet than putting something he owns on my roof.

Your best bet is the US FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I map of what census blocks were put up for bid on for coverage and which companies won the bid for each block and what kind of service to expect for said block. For instance most of eastern Wisconsin and western lower Michigan are green which indicates gigabit fiber and if you click on it it'll tell you that CCO Holdings, aka Charter aka Spectrum, won the bid on it.

Hugh, are there any maps for this Fiber availability in rural areas?

I am literally across the street from a house that has DSL, and we can't get anything but spotty 5G (from one section outside out house) and LTE. Would happily pay a premium for a Fiber rollout here, but nothing available.

Looked into Starlink, but Musk's politics and acerbic attitude and promises leave me rather not having reliable internet than putting something he owns on my roof.

Quote from: wtlloyd on December 12, 2023, 20:04:34Hey, what is this B.S.? You headline the article, "Starlink satellite Internet download speeds stall with subscriber growth" and you end the article saying service is expanded and speeds are increasing.
WTF is it with you, are you developmentally impaired?

Considering that when Starlink launched it promised at baseline 100Mbps download speeds and then had to constantly walk that promise back, while also increasing service costs, and the fact that service expanding does not equal more subscribers, there's nothing wrong with that statement. I'm a former subscriber. Starlink was great for my use case until fiber came along, which is why subscribers for Starlink have plateaued: fiber ISPs are finally rolling out fiber to rural areas as a result of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund initiative, thus sapping up any potential residential Starlink customers.

Does Starlink still have a use case for some very rural people and constant RV camping enthusiasts? Yes. Other residential customers however are hopping off of Starlink once they have options.

Quote from: Noticing on December 13, 2023, 08:59:15Daniel Zlatev the writer of this article profile picture has a Jewish temple in the background, I've noticed a lot of Jewish journalist struggle to stay unbiased in reporting the news recently. I wonder if there is some kind of pattern, i hope dear reader you start to notice this as well.

I noticed that you are developmentally disabled and probably have a room temperature IQ.

Daniel Zlatev the writer of this article profile picture has a Jewish temple in the background, I've noticed a lot of Jewish journalist struggle to stay unbiased in reporting the news recently. I wonder if there is some kind of pattern, i hope dear reader you start to notice this as well.

The editor probably changed the title. That's usually their job. Insert click bait headline. The state of journalism these days there can't be a single editor left with any integrity. Or tegridy.

Hey, what is this B.S.? You headline the article, "Starlink satellite Internet download speeds stall with subscriber growth" and you end the article saying service is expanded and speeds are increasing.
WTF is it with you, are you developmentally impaired?