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Thesonomakid t1_iu9pd0m wrote

Reply to comment by evil_burrito in Rural areas to get $759M in grants for high-speed internet by Vailhem

You might be surprised. I’m overseeing build outs in multiple rural areas - and very few people in those communities know what’s coming. I just ran across a local government study about broadband availability in those areas completed under a year ago and it said those areas were likely not going to be served. We complete construction Q3 2023 in those areas.

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evil_burrito t1_iu9pjd8 wrote

I would love to be proven wrong.

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Thesonomakid t1_iu9pqpr wrote

What town do you live in?

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evil_burrito t1_iua5i39 wrote

I live in Central Oregon. As it happens someone has been laying thousands of miles of conduit which I have been told is for fiber, though I haven't been able to discover by whom or if there is any "last mile" plan.

Writing this out loud makes me feel kinda silly wrt my original comment. We've just been burned by big telcos on this subject for a long time.

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Thesonomakid t1_iuabey7 wrote

I was just up in Oregon last month and was talking with some people there - there are quite a few fiber builds in small areas that are under construction. Pioneer Telephone Co-Op is building out Benton, Lane, Lincoln and Polk Counties.

The company I work for is building out massive swaths of the Southwest including some super small places (pop ~300 in one “town”) that are miles from anywhere. It just takes time. I know my projects have compelteion dates between 1 to 5 years, depending on the town.

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