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minus-squareOisteink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAnd what are we downloading? Is the cloud dead? Why do i need 15gbps on my phone? Is it made for consoles and their relentless 120gb patches?
minus-squareundefined@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIn the US we’ll do anything but build fiber with the billions we tossed at the telecom industry.
minus-squareBluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoPutting fiber in the ground is expensive. I work for an ISP, and we estimate fiber overbuild costs at $15/ft. So a mile of underground fiber costs about $79,200.
minus-squareSarmyth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYup. That’s why we gave them all that money years ago to do it. It was cheaper then too.
And what are we downloading? Is the cloud dead? Why do i need 15gbps on my phone? Is it made for consoles and their relentless 120gb patches?
In the US we’ll do anything but build fiber with the billions we tossed at the telecom industry.
Putting fiber in the ground is expensive. I work for an ISP, and we estimate fiber overbuild costs at $15/ft. So a mile of underground fiber costs about $79,200.
Yup. That’s why we gave them all that money years ago to do it. It was cheaper then too.