The house was completed a year or two before my mother's purchase and it took Comcast another year or two to lay cable. Imagine buying a house and waiting three to four years for internet service. That does not qualify as "got service right away" in my mind. The frustrating part, for me as a bystander, was that the 10-20 year old homes in the same neighborhood had great service from several providers, while this group of 4-5 homes had only one option. Certainly opened my eyes to the fact that there are internet deserts in the middle of the suburbs.

Before purchasing my current home, I double checked visually that there were at least two internet providers in the ground and at least one of them was fiber before signing a contract. Turned out both were fiber while a coax provider was promised and did eventually deliver. I'm happy with my current service and its price; I attribute some of that to the competition in the area.

--Blake



On 2/11/2022 3:42 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
I believe what he said was "Comcast did eventually lay cable".  That was in a brand new development.  It's a brand new house and got service right away.  What more do you want from providers?

Out in the country, yes, there are the 10k to 100k build out costs all the time.  But that's the country (rural).

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM Brandon Svec via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Excellent example.  I see this all.the.time. She could probably get Comcast just fine by paying $50k buildout or signing a 10 year agreement for TV/Phone/Internet and convincing 5 neighbors too ;)
Brandon 


On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 1:32 PM Blake Hudson <blake@ispn.net> wrote:
My mom moves to Olathe, KS. The realtor indicated that ATT, Comcast, and
Google Fiber all provided service to the neighborhood and the HOA
confirmed. Unfortunately for her, Google fiber laid fiber ~3 years
before and her cul-de-sac was developed ~2 years before she moved in. No
Google Fiber, no Comcast, just ATT. Both Comcast and Google Fiber were
within 100 ft of her property and wouldn't serve her. Google has no
plans to serve that cul-de-sac in the future. Comcast did eventually lay
cable. I'm sure her and her neighbors aren't the only people in America
to experience something similar.

On 2/11/2022 3:14 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> >An apartment building could have cheap 1G fiber and the houses across
> the street have no option but slow DSL.
>
> Where is this example?  Or is this strictly hypothetical?
>
>