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Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband::Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the "worst connected city in the U.S." thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn't really a mystery: consolidated monopoly/duopoly power has resulted in a broken market where local giants like AT&T and Charter don't have to compete on price, speeds, availability, customer…

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[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

A small town near me (6,000 population) installed fiber optic around down and now it’s considered a public utility and low cost to boot.

[-] Trollception@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Yea we are in the Chattanooga area and enjoy gigabit symmetrical fiber for $67/mo. No taxes or extra fees, just the 67. It's a big part of why we chose to live here.

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Howdy neighbor I’m in Tri-Cities. :)

[-] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Here gigabit would be around 8-16$/mo.

[-] superguy@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair, $65/month for gigabit fiber is pretty standard.

It's what we got here in Southern Illinois, although I don't use it.

[-] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Lol I'm paying $100 a month for 500mbps asymmetrical and I know others have it worse too

[-] rab@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I thought you might be referencing Olds, Alberta who also did this a decade ago

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