nospam wrote:
In article , Mike
wrote:


BTW as part of the deal for deregulation 25 years ago the telcos
*promised* us a fiber-optic "Information Superhighway" in less than 10
years...

fibre is available in a lot of places, but with gigabit lte now and 5g
soon, along with gigabit wisps, there's little need for that anymore.

What's the cost relationship for hardware and service for the various
methods?

costs varies, but the point is that wireless is replacing wired because
of its numerous advantages, with little to no downside.

verizon offers wired gigabit fios for $80/mo, with 1 year of netflix
included, although that's a promotional rate for new customers. the
renewal rate is higher, and installation is also extra.
https://www.verizon.com/home/fios-gigabit-connection/

Again BS. Fios is only in 9 states and only in the their metro areas.
They have not expanded their build-out in over 10 years. The only fiber
they are laying is for their wireless offerings.


verizon is starting to deploy 5g wireless internet for $70/mo (or less
for verizon cellular customers), although only in a few cities as of
now, expanding as 5g is deployed:
https://www.verizonwireless.com/5g/home/ Just $70/mo First 3 months free. Existing Verizon customers get
service for just $50/mo

And in a few cities is where it will remain. If it requires antennas
feet apart not miles I don't see them mounting to trees and deer!

https://www.androidauthority.com/verizon-5g-916577/
Verizon launched its 5G-based home networking service in parts of
Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento on October 1.
...
According to Verizon, customers will see an average download speed of
300Mbps and a maximum download speed of 940Mbps with no data caps.
By comparison, you can get a Charter Spectrum wiredÂ*connection at
300Mbps for around the same price, but you¹ll never see the maximum
speed reported by Version. [sic]

Do data caps on wireless? Yeah, technically but they never mention the
throttling.

...
Real-world testing shows the current download speeds can surpass
Verizon¹s advertised 300Mbps, hitting 600Mbps and 800Mbps. These
tests were conducted by Emil Olbrich, VP of networks at Signals
Research Group.

another wireless provider is webpass, offering up to gigabit speeds for
$60/mo, or ~45/mo paid yearly, currently in seven cities:
https://webpass.net/service_facts

What is the upload? I only got the lower tier 100Mbps plan and get 94-98
down and 90-97 upload.


yet another wireless provider is starry internet, also in its rollout
phase and in limited cities, with speeds as high as gigabit, although
due to capacity limitations, is currently offering 200 mbit for $50 and
will even pay early termination fees to switch, which is a compelling
incentive for anyone in their service area (which is expanding):

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...fast-internet-
access-is-coming-to-your-home/
Starry says it has measured speeds from 300 megabits per second to
more than one gigabit per second at a range of between one and 1.5
kilometers‹even amid rain or snow.

https://support.starry.com/hc/en-us/...-I-want-to-swi
tch-to-Starry-but-I-would-have-to-pay-an-early-termination-fee-with-my-o
ld-internet-provider-Does-Starry-reimburse-early-termination-fees-
Starry Internet will issue you an account credit of up to $200 as
reimbursement for any early cancelation fees you may incur with
your previous internet service provider.

Starry Internet is essentially what I had here. It MUST be line of site
and limited in range. As to weather, not too bad. Not at all like
satellite where a dusting of snow or pending rain storm would kill the
signal. Not to mention the 1000-2000ms latency!!! Snow didn't bother the
signal much, but a heavy rain did.


https://www.lightreading.com/service...starry-scores-
$100m-more-for-wireless-broadband/d/d-id/744476
Starry is expected to use the funds to fuel a plan to expand service
to another 16 cities over the next year, including New York,
Cleveland, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Detroit,
Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami and
Minneapolis, among others.

tl;dr wireless is *very* competitive with wired, and it's still in its
early stages.

Not in my experience.


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