Good Morning 5/29
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169965)
United States
May 30, 2023 8:33am CST
They are back at work again out on the street. The electric company is adding fiber optic cable for DSL connections here. This is a long time coming. They have their own broadband service, that is supposed to be up and running in some areas maybe by this summer. However, I don't know if this cable can be used for other service providers like google FI or something like that. I don't know enough about how this works. Tmobile has some very good internet offers. I suspect they would have their own proprietary cable though. However, this is a step in the right direction. I would love, love to dtich my current provider and get something better and more affordable.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Yes, but I guess my question is how soon is this actually going to be operational, and which providers can use it
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@RebeccasFarm (86760)
• United States
30 May
Whatever it is, and I do not know enough about it either..I hope you will be able to make use of it as long as you are not moving Snowy.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Moving or not I would take adavantage of it Ocean. I do plan to try to sell after the holidays early spring unless the market is in an absolute pit...as some are predicting. Values around here still seem to be decent though. This is a desirable area that is being bought up fairly quickly. We will have to see.
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@RebeccasFarm (86760)
• United States
30 May
@snowy22315 Yeah you will see what to do..
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
30 May
Hope that by the time they finish adding the fiber optic cables that you'll have something better to choose from.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Yes, I hope so. I have done some research on it this morning. I have a number to call.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
@Marilynda1225 If you are in a rural area, they kind of have you over a barrel and they know it!
@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
30 May
@snowy22315 I wish we had more choices for internet providers here too
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
It is interesting, the Elec company seems to have contracted this out to a totally hispanic crew. I wonder where they found them? Well, they seem to know what they are doing anyway. I asked one who i a supervisor of sorts, he said likely 3 or 4 months before it is registered and good to go.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 May
@snowy22315 We used to have lots of Spanish, not so many any more.
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@manikarnika (3222)
• India
31 May
Last two days before had my broadband service after heavy wind with Rain.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
31 May
Bad weather certainly effects the satellite, not sure how much with broadband as it is under ground.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
31 May
@manikarnika Yes, and if it disconnects for no reason it is frustrating!
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@manikarnika (3222)
• India
31 May
@snowy22315 Yes...If internet is slow or not connected , it will upset that day
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Yeah, hopefully before too long, there will be better more affforable internet availajble.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Absolutely, that is the thing about a rural area, the few providers know they have you over a barrel and take advantage of it!
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Thanks, I have a number to call...I hope they dont say something like a year from now...sigh!
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@just4him (306261)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 May
@snowy22315 Good to know. We have all kinds of deals here too, but I've heard people say the service is the same for everyone.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
31 May
I hope it will. Seems strange in the middle of a built up area you have bad receiption,
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
30 May
Yes, it does kind of depend on where you live though.
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