There have been vaguerumblingsabout ISPs step up to match Google Fiber ’s Gbit internet oblation , peculiarly since Googleannouncedthat the next Fiber city would be Austin . Now 600 resident of Vermont are actually getting those swiftness at half the Fiber price . What give ?
https://gizmodo.com/would-a-1-gbps-internet-connection-stop-you-from-saying-5812881
The Vermont Telephone Company ( VTel ) , which serves about 17,500 homes , has establish a fibre internet and is offering gigabit Internet speed for $ 35 a calendar month , liken to Fiber ’s $ 70 . harmonise to The Wall Street Journal , the company ’s principal executive director is in person concerned in upgrading VTel ’s phone connection because it was originally instal in 1890 . Infrastructure !
The troupe paid to add the 1,200 miles of fiber using $ 94 million of federal stimulus money it gain for the project . Gbit internet will be uncommitted to all VTel customers within the next few month , though it ’s unclear whether the $ 35 / month pricing is here to stick around or just part of the pilot . [ WSJviaEngadget ]
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