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> Crazy fast

How fast is crazy fast? Symmetric Gbit?

How much does it cost? Can you use your own router? Net neutrality?

This page really sucks. They should learn from fiber7[0] feature list and what to put on the website.

[0] https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=h...

(disclaimer: i'm a very happy fiber7 customer)




symetric, $89/mos, use your own router, NN before it was cool.

(oBDisclaimer: I work for Ting)


Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, explore the idea of deploying in Boston proper.

The state refused to give Verizon tax breaks years ago, so they abandoned their plans to ever deploy FiOS within Boston city limits. Surrounding communities have it, but we don't -- only Comcast. Now, to be fair to Comcast, I've never had a service problem save for 1-2 days in the past 6 years. They were also very quick on IPv6 and 6-to-4, and they actually deliver the bandwidth I pay for. Yet I would gladly pay for yet more bandwidth.


Cambridge is all but stuck with Comcast and their ever rising rates for degrading service...meanwhile Arlington just north of the city/Cambridge is still serviced by Fios fiber.


Somerville at least has RCN to fall back on to, and they've been good to us. Still, more competition can never hurt!


No data caps I hope.


I agree, the page raises more questions than it answers.

I imagine that's because they don't have the answers to those questions yet and are trying to gauge interest in different areas before working out the details, but these days we're trained to spot and ignore PR pieces, and when such crucial details are lacking I have a tough time not ignoring such stories entirely.

I'll be waiting to make a comparison until there are details published and an established user base who can supply feedback about the provider's customer support quality and can verify the numbers in their marketing material.


We've got the answers and we've got customers and we're about to go into launch mode with the full website, etc.

I'd be inclined to ignore "Press Release Rollouts" too - most telco's fiber announcements never amount to much more.


Even if the answers to each of those falls on the side you consider negative, it is still beneficial to customers in an area for a new ISP to enter the market.




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