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This reminds me of these guys out in Brooklyn building out a sick fiber network.

http://bkfiber.com/

They have some of the fastest speeds in NYC and they had uptime surpassing numerous big names like Spectrum and Optimum after Sandy.




Their speeds don't seem very fast: http://bkfiber.com/plans-service-areas.php

With Verizon Fios you can get 100 Mbps symmetric at $80/month. (Also, why are bkfiber's speeds not symmetric? I thought all fiber connections had upload == download.)


Even that is pretty weak... Comcast offers 1000 down for 80 dollars a month in my area (MD in DC metro). I would expect a city to do just as well...


But it's comcast (I had comcast in MD in DC Metro). So having that speed doesn't mean your service will actually will work. Dealt with them at home and as a business. Awful. Just awful.


Hah, I don't have it yet so I don't know :) currently, I get 100 down. So is your advice to steer clear of 1000 down and just go with a standard cable/tv plan then since that's all I'll get anyways? I was hoping to forego the TV plan and just use netflix/crunchyroll/etc for the same price and 900 more down. :(


Yeah exactly - comcast will let you speedtest at that speed, but do you get that speed off Netflix?

These guys are just a small business trying to deliver a high quality network.


Wow, $75 for 15/3... I wish them well but that is seriously not competitive at all.


I forgot to mention, these guys don't just optimize their speed test to show high results.

They are getting real unthrottled results from their users who have had similar speeds from Spectrum / Timewarner / Optimum.

I think their pitch (at least a few years ago) was that they would deliver the actual speeds they are promising equally.


I think when they got started they had a very low subscriber base and were very competitive.

I'll admit though I was paying $100/month for 300/15 in Bushwick before I moved. It's probably hard to remain competitive.




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