Where I live, about 50 miles south of Atlanta down I-85, there is no consumer broadband at all. Satellite, Cellular, and T-1, those are my options. A mile away, there are choices, but not here. I am sure we aren't the only neighborhood in this situation, even today. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>wrote:
And yet, I don't know of any location in the US with two cable operators.
We have 2 separate cable providers in our town. One of them is a division of the local telephone company, but it is still CATV plant. The telco also operates a FTTH service with IPTV video as well.
The result is that the big national CATV provider had incredibly good rates for a long time, and even after they were more than doubled, are still really good.
-Randy