got into it with the significant other last night when discussing this article. she makes a good point. other than price and service from said company, why would someone switch to fiber when they already have equivalent working service from the cable co? especially if their tv is already with the cable co. (i hate cable cos, but just saying)
especially taking into account that people dislike change. people want fiber cause they think they'll get gig speeds for what they're paying the cable co now. do they not? ----- Original Message ----- From: fiber...@mail.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > One subscriber at the gig level.... > > http://spectator.org/alabamas-gig-city-has-one-gigabit-broadband-subscriber/ Clickbait. I really hate poorly written articles like these. There are plenty of reasons for and against municipal broadband. If you have a beef with muni broadband, at least put some effort in it and come up with some valid critique. Don't just produce blogspam like this. I guess it just isn't sexy to report that they have a take rate of about 25% and are on track to be profitable within five years. Focusing on the number of gigabit subscribers at $500 per month, when there's a reasonable offering of services between $35 and $100 per month, just makes the reporter seem petty. It's almost like they have an agenda to push, facts be damned, ... Jared
