I am rural and utterly tired of Comcast and still not having the mid-split. Regardless, it still wouldn’t be fast enough for me. They’re playing games with our township by not acknowledging that a new franchise agreement needs to be written up and/or signed (been going on for like a year). When I drive around the area I’m always looking at the lines running between poles. One day I noticed one of those round fiber splice enclosures on a numbered route about 5 miles from my home. I followed it and lo and behold it feeds the local cell tower. The line keeps coming towards my home to an intersection maybe a half mile away. I’m thinking this is some obscure company that leases out dark fibers to people. How do I find out who owns the lines? If I did find out, and that’s their game, how would one connect to the internet via dark fiber?

  • damiankw@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Cut the line, then wait around for whoever comes to repair it!

    … or just go Starlink?

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      10 months ago

      Starlink is not a viable alternative. 1. It’s not as fast down as I get, and latency would be worse. My issue is with upload speeds on cable. 2. I am surrounded by trees.