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Offline jmcinty

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Community Broadband
« on: February 26, 2021, 04:13:13 PM »
Just putting this out to gauge folks interest in community broadband.  Certainly at scale, for example, 500 MBS - 1 Gig service can be provided well through pricing of any current providers (probably $30-$50 a month, maybe less). For comparison, and this could happen in the US, South Korea has the fastest broadband in the world for $30 month.  As background, our building is exploring alternatives to traditional telecoms, and perhaps a JH based community broadband could be offered through a newly created non-profit to scale initiatives neighborhood wide.  Anyway, just curious.
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Offline stevn

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Re: Community Broadband
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2021, 10:07:49 PM »
What alternatives are you exploring/considering?

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Re: Community Broadband
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2021, 03:21:34 PM »
Just putting this out to gauge folks interest in community broadband.  Certainly at scale, for example, 500 MBS - 1 Gig service can be provided well through pricing of any current providers (probably $30-$50 a month, maybe less). For comparison, and this could happen in the US, South Korea has the fastest broadband in the world for $30 month.  As background, our building is exploring alternatives to traditional telecoms, and perhaps a JH based community broadband could be offered through a newly created non-profit to scale initiatives neighborhood wide.  Anyway, just curious.

You may want to contact the NYC Mesh people to compare notes - https://www.nycmesh.net/