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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

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1135 points carride | 2 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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qwe----3 ◴[10 Aug 22 13:35 UTC] No.32411651[source]▶
> over $30,000 for each of those homes to get served

This doesn't seem very efficient to me.

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sgerenser ◴[10 Aug 22 13:37 UTC] No.32411693[source]▶
Yeah seems like some sort of mix of fiber and wireless for the "last mile" would make more sense for installations like this.
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1. philote ◴[10 Aug 22 13:44 UTC] No.32411803[source]▶
Depends on the area. Wireless won't work well in the mountains, and I assume weather could affect some wireless technologies as well. I live in a mountainous area and we have a local ISP that provides fiber to our entire county. Which is weird, because I recently lived in a major city and couldn't get fiber.
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2. bombcar ◴[10 Aug 22 14:30 UTC] No.32412605[source]▶
It's way easier to push fiber through the ground in rural areas where there's basically nothing than it is in major cities where there are tons of things and already some form of wired internet.

And if you're within a mile of the destination, that last mile isn't actually that terribly expensive, especially if it's literally rural and that mile is on the property owner's land. They can figure out how to get to the box at the road.