Clackamas County also got money from the 2009 stimulus bill to build a publicly-owned middle mile network that runs from Government Camp to the west end of the county near Lake Oswego and all the way to downtown Portland. This has made extending local networks much more affordable.
https://www.clackamas.us/cbx One hilarious side note. Clackamas County publishes a map of where that fiber goes. If you ask the City of Portland to show you a map of their publicly-owned fiber network, which they use for internal corporate purposes and currently do not allow to be used to benefit their constituents, you will be told "oh no, we couldn't show you those maps, that's secret because it is Critical Infrastructure!" -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 9:43 AM Aaron Burt <aa...@bavariati.org> wrote: > Fiber from the local telecom co-op isn't much more here in Eagle Creek, > just west of Sandy. > > It feels like a dam has opened up and flooded rural America with > Universal Service Fee money, in addition to the Infrastructure Act. > Reliance has been begging people to get fiber; they had to bore and run > probably 500-1000m of fiber just to get me hooked up, and I'm sure they > were well reimbursed for it. Anywhere we drive around here, crews are > trenching in orange ducting. > > Comcast is getting in on the deal of course, they strung fiber along the > power lines in our back pasture. > > On 2024-04-12 23:23, Russell Senior wrote: > > In Sandy, you can get gigabit fiber for $60/month. > > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 11:22 PM Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Something to be said for small town living. Here in Dallas we have > >> Willamette Valley Fiber. 200/200 with static IP for <$70/mo. Not only > >> is > >> tech support speaking English, it is within walking distance. Fiber > >> comes > >> right into my home office to the ONT. Outages are extremely rare. > >> Plenty > >> adequate for my needs. > >> > >> Michael > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 19:20 King Beowulf <kingbeow...@linuxgalaxy.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > On 4/12/24 08:24, Paul Heinlein wrote: > >> > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> Bottom line: after we cancel Comcast, we will pay $60 per month for > >> > >> very fast internet, and $0 per month for a voice phone and a fax > >> > >> phone. Much better than $170 per month for slow and intermittent > >> > >> Comcast. I hope - failure is (sadly) always an option. > >> > > We don't have Ziply in our neighborhood, but our transition to > Quantum > >> > > Fiber (nee CenturyLink) was similarly smooth and beneficial. During > >> > > the workday, we consistently see upload and download speeds that > hover > >> > > around 900Mb/s. (I suspect speeds are a bit lower during prime > >> > > streaming hours in the evening, but I've never tested that theory > and > >> > > our Internet connection does experience any noticable slowness.) > >> > > > >> > > We too decided to avoid future questions and opted for the > guaranteed > >> > > $65/month pricing. Even when Quantum raised its base rate for newer > >> > > subscribers to $75, it honored the existing pricing agreement so we > >> > > still pay $65. > >> > > > >> > > I will note that Comcast was very good for us for a long time, but > >> > > once we starting noticing problems, the tech folks were either > >> > > uninterested in troubleshooting or incompetent to do so. Either way, > >> > > the drop off from "very good" to "maddeningly bad" was steep and > >> > > quick. > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > > >> > > >> > I'm green with envy. Despite being in a fairly "high rent" > neighborhood > >> > (or at least big houses and yards with property taxes to match) in > >> > Vancouver WA, all I get is Comcast cable and Centurylink DSL. I'm in > >> > some sort of internet "twilight zone". > >> > > >> > $90/month for 1.0-ish Gbps down 25 Mbps up. > >> > > >> > -sigh > >> > > >> > > >> >
