Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
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Unfortunatly even though all the rural communities around us have local PUD fiber the city I live in (Richland [Tri-Cities], the third largest population area in WA outside Seattle & Spokane) has nothing but Verizon DSL and Charter cable modems. Boo! Sure there are a couple WISPs, but I don't consider them major competition (1.5mbit for the price I'd pay for 3mbit VZ or Charter service). Now 1.5hrs north of here in Moses Lake they have fiber to each home!
All I can hope for is that VZ brings in Fios. And yeah the cost of living here is pretty cheap. I just bought a 2000sq ft 4 bedroom home brand new home on a golf course for $160K, and our electric rates are $0.057 kwh (almost 1/4 of NYC). Oh and I work for a high tech company, so yeah that part of the article is pretty accurate. Heck even Amazon opened up a call center here. But for those really cheap they go to Idaho (min wage in WA is $7ish while Idaho is still $5ish). |
