Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband::Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the “worst connected city in the U.S.” thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn’t really a mystery: consolidated monopoly/duopoly power has resulted in a broken market where local giants like AT&T and Charter don’t have to compete on price, speeds, availability, customer…

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    A small town near me (6,000 population) installed fiber optic around down and now it’s considered a public utility and low cost to boot.

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      Yea we are in the Chattanooga area and enjoy gigabit symmetrical fiber for $67/mo. No taxes or extra fees, just the 67. It’s a big part of why we chose to live here.

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        To be fair, $65/month for gigabit fiber is pretty standard.

        It’s what we got here in Southern Illinois, although I don’t use it.

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          Lol I’m paying $100 a month for 500mbps asymmetrical and I know others have it worse too

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      I thought you might be referencing Olds, Alberta who also did this a decade ago