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Re: No Broadband Available @jeffeory - correct, that Loudoun county. Home to many large datacenters and to the old MCI/UUNET Internet hub. I live just outside a town limit, in a fairly well populated development. Just no broadband service of any kind.
@NWOhio - 2 things wrong with your statement: 1-Satellite is NOT broadband; 2- right of way restrictions DO exist. Under the county agreement, only Verizon and Comcast can run cables on the right-of way (poles, highways,easements, etc.) A new provider would have no way to cable. |
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| Another interesting tidbit on restricted competition.
»www.loudountimes.com/index.php/n···penband/
Here's a development (not mine) tied into an agreement that prevents all but one provider from servicing the area. (BTW - they lost the lawsuit...) |
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Looks like the issue with OpenBand has caused your area to not have any competition. Otherwise you'd likely have FiOS, Comcast, & or Cox there... With all the tech around, it's really a "dark comedy" happening there... |
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