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My personal belief is that in the next decade, we won't get internet to the house like we do now. Your "modem" will not be a modem. It will be your mobile phone, or maybe just built into your house or appliances, and I am fairly confident (based on opinion and not much else) that in 10 years your internet will not be served by wire at all, or if it is, it won't be a dedicated line. I think that in our lifetime, it is reasonable to expect that new houses will be 100% wireless, even the power source.
There will probably still be a central device (eg router) to be able hand out private IP addresses. While there are now a bazillion IPs available due to IPV6, I think most devices inside a home or business will still use a private IP address, which must be administered via some device.
Various flavors of BPL (Broadband over Power Lines) have been available for awhile. I don't follow it close enough to know if they have worked around the roadblocks caused by transformers.
Please, share with the rest of us what apps/devices you use in household that uses all that bandwidth.
Thanks!
4 TVs (3 with Apple TV units, we don't do cable), 5 laptops, 2 desktop computers, 5 iPads, and 5 iPhones. We have 3 WAPs because we cannot get our wireless signal to carry around the whole house, but all the rooms are also wired.
Oh... forgot... some security cameras.
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So, I had my install. Up till now, they came last year and ran the main,ones but overall were careful in my yard. There was a different crew in the neighborhood that wasn't quite as good, but both were better than ATT's crews, although they all seem to hit existing utilities sometimes. Then a few weeks ago, once the signups started after a couple weeks, they came to run the fiber to the side of the house. Combination of using had tools to cut a slit in the yard and a machine to go under the sidewalks. Overall, no problems. Then a few days after that, they set the box on the side of the house and a day or so later, I was able to schedule the actual install.
That ended up being today. It took the tech under 2 hours and involved him going under the house to run a line from the outside box to a fiber jack inside my closet and install their box inside and connected to my network. Very courteous and knowledgeable tech.
This is the result. I literally laughed out loud when the Speedtest meter instantly pegged and complete each test in about 5 seconds where with Time Warner it would take over a minute. This is over wifi on an iPhone 7. My computer that's hard wired is getting over 950 Mbps.
Can you tell me how long was the wait after the sign ups in your neighborhood closed? Google Fiber will be available in my new neighborhood, but I'm worried there will be a a gap from the time we move in and they install. Sign ups in North Hills close March 30, and we'll likely move in the beginning of April.
Just trying to figure out if I should sign up for some sort of gap internet service. I work from home, so it would be tough without internet.
The ridiculous data caps on wireless internet are going to have to be removed before they are a serious option for home use. 15-20 gb's isn't going to cut it for most users as a primary means of internet.
Bingo. Unfortunately the trend seems to skew against that, even with wired Internet connections *cough*Comcast*cough*. I think a more realistic 10 year expectation is to expect basically what we have today, but it'll just be faster, for both wired and wireless Internet connections. And we definitely won't have completely wireless power 10 years from now.
Can you tell me how long was the wait after the sign ups in your neighborhood closed? Google Fiber will be available in my new neighborhood, but I'm worried there will be a a gap from the time we move in and they install. Sign ups in North Hills close March 30, and we'll likely move in the beginning of April.
Just trying to figure out if I should sign up for some sort of gap internet service. I work from home, so it would be tough without internet.
Install Time Warner since they do not make you sign a contract.
That is probably the only reason why I'm staying with TWC. I'm hoping (apparently against some significant odds) that sometime within the next year, we'll be seeing more sign-ups in other areas.
I admit it can be a little frustrating to find out more details about where Google Fiber is planning to expand next. That map provides some help, but is still pretty murky as to timelines. I did find that Raleigh has permits for the eight fiber huts in Raleigh. I guess that's encouraging. The people at the Fiber Space on West Jones St. don't know the details themselves ... only that it could take years to get this all finished. I asked them what my area is even called. I'm obviously not in the Morrisville or North Hills areas, even though they're not so far from me, so ... what IS my area name? They couldn't say that either.
Morrisville and North Hills are both good news and a wee bit vexing news ... so close, and yet so far!
The Bizjournal link previously cited does have CACs and designated outlined areas (extremely helpful, by the way ... thank you!) , but the CACs in the article don't match the ones http://www.raleighnc.gov/cac. I'm probably missing something, though.
The Bizjournal link previously cited does have CACs and designated outlined areas (extremely helpful, by the way ... thank you!) , but the CACs in the article don't match the ones Citizens Advisory Councils | raleighnc.gov. I'm probably missing something, though.
Where in the Bizjournal link does it reference CACs???? Am I missing something?
We spoke to people at AT&T today. Why oh why must reps omit information, evade direct questions and kinda fudge (or in the case of TWC, outright lie) when we're trying to gather information? At first, one guy said one year for cable, but then another guy told us that if we got Direct TV, it would be two years. And AT&T DOES push that DirectTV!
I was initially confused .... where was U-Verse? It seems that things changed since I last looked:
Att has decided to try to get people on DIRECTV for video since they bought them and ruined their customer service (which was already on the decline compared to when we signed up for them in the early 2000s.)
My last Directv bill had a increase so I called to see if they would adjust my bill. I am one of the lucky N Hills area residents so I can sign up for Google fiber right now. With that knowledge I figures I would just cancel Directv if they wouldn't lower my bill.
Sure enough they gave me a great discount. My ISP is TW-RR 100-10 which is plenty for me and (knock on wood) solid as a rock.
I also like my current Directv programming package (ETRA). If I had switched to Google I would have lost MASN and if you are a Nats or Orioles fan that is a big deal. Can't wait until Google fiber is actually up and running and see what the reviews are. It sure is nice to have a few choices. Even though I didn't sign up with Google they indirectly are saving me several hundred dollars a year by just being here.
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