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Couple Bought Home in Seattle, Then Learned Comcast Internet Would Cost $27,000**
An anonymous reader shares a report: When Zachary Cohn and his wife bought a house in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, they didn't expect any trouble getting home Internet service. It was only after closing on the house in July 2019 that they learned the bad news. "All six neighbors I share a property ... ⌘ Read more
@slashdot da fuq?! 😳
@slashdot da fuq?! 😳
@prologic if they don't have infrastructure already buried they have to trench and blow from the nearest ring or hut. if they are able to guarantee subscriber density > 50% sometimes they will absorb the cost. otherwise the 80$usd/mo is a diminishing return.

true cost of the pull and installation is 11kusd for the record. rest is hand-rubbing profit.
@retrocrash Sounds similar to the "build quote" (read: bullshit quote) I got from NCN Co recently to install Fibre to my premise. $13,5000 (real cost: $5,000 max). The nearest Fibre is 450m away in clean trenches/pits down a nice concrete pathway. The only new "blowing" / "trenching" to do with be 50-60m max in the aging asbestos dirt and grass pits that have decades old copper in them.
@retrocrash Sounds similar to the "build quote" (read: bullshit quote) I got from NCN Co recently to install Fibre to my premise. $13,5000 (real cost: $5,000 max). The nearest Fibre is 450m away in clean trenches/pits down a nice concrete pathway. The only new "blowing" / "trenching" to do with be 50-60m max in the aging asbestos dirt and grass pits that have decades old copper in them.
@prologic proof positive greed is universal regardless of which direction your toilet flushes.
@retrocrash Absolutely! 🤬 The worst part is that NBN Co is a publicly funded government owned and operated company 😂 Meaning our taxes pay for it! 😳 Go figure that positive greed out 🤣
@retrocrash Absolutely! 🤬 The worst part is that NBN Co is a publicly funded government owned and operated company 😂 Meaning our taxes pay for it! 😳 Go figure that positive greed out 🤣
@prologic the math is as mind-blogging as 6-minute iphones.