Port Angeles (Tacoma, Sequim: travel, work, crime)

[boatguy]

Couple of questions about Port Angeles. How much is a gallon of regular unleaded right now? How much for a gallon of milk? Is there a part of Port Angeles that someone wants to avoid living in? Crime?

[joebarb]

Thanks boatguy, I would like to know the answers to the same questions. Also, does the Port Angeles/Sequim area have high speed internet service, or is dial-up your only option? And, how is cell phone service in the area and what are the main carriers?

[swsha4]

I got good cell phone reception on my visit to Sequim and had excellent wifi DSL.

[citydatauser]

boatguy- if i remember right gas is about $3.60 right now. Not sure about milk. I would stay away from Gales Addition in east Port Angeles. other than that i think the rest of the area is fine. Crime is not too bad. check out another thread by Joebarb: Port Angeles Question

Joebarb-

does the Port Angeles/Sequim area have high speed internet service, or is dial-up your only option? And, how is cell phone service in the area and what are the main carriers?

Port Angeles is known as "FiberCity". "Port Angeles already has four times more fiber optic cable per square mile than [Tacoma Washington's] CLICK Network." FiberCity-City of Port Angeles Here's a fun fact: Data transmitted through fiber optic cable travels in the form of light at 186,000 miles per second! (About Fiber Optics)
As for cell phone service- Verizon Wireless is the main carrier in the area with the best coverage. Another common carrier is Cingular/AT&T.

[chris]

Milk is typically under $4 a gallon. Safeway has a 2 gallon special for under $6, probably to compete with Costco and keep milk from going bad.

If you live in an area that has fiber, get it, worth every penny. I get ping times (office) from the east coast of < 80ms.