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In a report [PDF] put together by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, investigators looked at real-world internet offerings within a 30-mile radius of Rochester in Minnesota.
Rochester provides a useful contrast in that it has a heavily built-up center with a spread-out urban space surrounding it. It also claims to have no less than 19 companies that provide residents with broadband internet access – something that its local council has boasted about – and exists in a state whose leaders have set some ambitious broadband goals: 25Mbps for everyone by 2022; and 100Mbps by 2026.
However, as the investigation revealed this month, competition is something available only to a minority of people who live in the most dense areas, and access to fast internet access above federal minimums remains a virtual monopoly.
"We have 19 local broadband providers and, of those, we have two cable providers, six DSL providers, four fiber providers, three fixed wireless providers and four mobile providers," the report quotes City Council member Ed Hruska as saying.
Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/23/rochester_broadband/
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday August 24 2018, @07:36PM (1 child)
How do other countries handle this? I hear stuff about universal high speed access, but all traffic is metered ... ?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @05:59PM
In Australia you can get unlimited DSL DSL2 or NBN fiber depending on where you live.
Expect to pay $60 to $80 depending on telco and connectivity.
Speed for DSL ranges on DSLAM availability but in most cities DSL2 is $60 / month unlimited connecting at 8 to 18Mbps down.
See Exetel and TPG websites for info. They even have coverage maps.