Municipal ISP Makes 10Gbps Available To All Residents

An anonymous reader writes: Five years ago, the city of Salisbury, North Carolina began a project to roll out fiber across its territory. They decided to do so because the private ISPs in the area weren't willing to invest more in the local infrastructure. Now, Salisbury has announced that it's ready to make 10 Gbps internet available to all of the city's residents. While they don't expect many homeowners to have a use for the $400/month 10 Gbps plan, they expect to have some business customers. "This is really geared toward attracting businesses that need this type of bandwidth and have it anywhere they want in the city." Normal residents can get 50 Mbps upstream and downstream for $45/month. A similar service was rolled out for a rural section of Vermont in June. Hopefully these cities will serve as blueprints for other locations that aren't able to get a decent fiber system from private ISPs.

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Speed isn't Everything

[TechyImmigrant]

If they don't offer static addressing, then it's a waste of time.
 

Re:Speed isn't Everything

[mi]

If they don't offer static addressing, then it's a waste of time.

Sorry, but that's how things are going to be from now on — a government monopoly, the worst combination imaginable. Tech support by municipal workers... Any violation of rules — and you'll get a citation from police (maybe, not today, but soon — just wait). And no alternative, because who is going to compete with the City Hall? It is hard enough to get the permits even when your service does not compete with anything the government already runs...

Ah, and look at all of these fan-boys explaining, why you "don't need" static IP...

They decided to do so because the private ISPs in the area weren't willing to invest more in the local infrastructure

So, private companies, in their greedy quest for the almighty buck, did not see this as a profit-opportunity. Which means, the local residents didn't want the service — not in the sufficient numbers to justify the cost. So, the government decided to use its power to confiscate money at gun-point (also known as "tax collection") to finance a project, that people didn't want to participate in voluntarily. Tyranny has won...