I live in the middle of nowhere, a mile down a dirt road...and they are putting in fiber to my house!
Two miles further down the road is a single family home...they are burying fiber all the way to that home as well.
The economics of it makes no sense. Imagine what it must cost to run fiber miles down a dirt road to reach a single home.
It’s the tiny local phone company that’s doing it. I have DSL from them now and have been satisfied with the service.
I never, ever, expected to have fiber run out here! It’s like getting fiber net access on Tobacco Road..lol
A guy I know just closed on a new 4000 sq’ home in Phoenix.. and he can’t get fiber access there..and here I am at the end of the world and they are installing it. [scratches head]
That’s amazing, I hope your little phone company stays afloat!
Lucky you!
It is in most cases funded by the Rural Electric Act loans and grants that was created back in the early 20th Century to get electric to the farms.
It has been adopted over the past 30 years to incorporate Communications. As in laying Fiber today.
It look at your phone bill, if you have one...one of the line items confiscates your money to fund it.
lol..... I am in a suburban area and can get really high speed Comcast if I want to. But as far as ATT laying fiber to bring in UVERSE this is taking forever. I don’t know if it will happen in the next five years. I really want two competitive ISPs but as of now it it Comcast @25mbps or ATT at 768kbps DSL