Subj : Re: Library access
To   : Weatherman #1
From : Bob Worm #81@137.Wwivnet
Date : Sat Mar 23 2024 05:45 pm


I think most of the really awful pricing I've heard about was in big cities  
where lobbying has allowed the incumbent to essentially get competition  banned 
giving them a monopoly.

We don't have that issue here but your options vary wildly based on location.  
In the UK 60% of the population have full fibre to the home, another 10% can  
get gigabit via cable. A lot of places can only get fibre from Openreach (was  
BT, previously the government owned British Telecom) so the prices are kind  of 
meh, when you have smaller altnets building they tend to offer more for  less.

Then you have Northern Ireland, where fibre to the home covers 95% of the  
population...

Luckily I'm on net for Openreach & Virgin so I have a choice, but I just buy  a 
74Mbps service from a cheap provider over the Openreach fibre. 

BobW
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