Yet another story on state of internet in USA. This one from NPR. Of note: Chattanooga TN has an electric utility line based FTTH, something that was considered, at least for a few minutes, for here in Las Cruces.
So, for $70 a month, the company now offers customers upload and download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, about 100 times faster than the average U.S. connection.
On the downside, the former chair of the FCC Michael Powell, is now chief lobbyist for cable industry; another example of former regulator “moving on up” to become lobbyist , where the former guard to the henhouse, is now the fox in residence.