NH Electric Coop Broadband Petition

[longislander]

Broadband over Power Lines (aka BPL) is a *very* bad technology, and it fortunately has not been widely deployed.

You'll note on the link I provided that the distribution is ZERO!

The only way to provide reliable, very high speed Internet access to lots of users over a wide area is via fiber.

In agreement, at this time.
However,

Starlink.
“Elon Musk said that the company had filed documents with international regulators to place about 4,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html

Jeff Bezos‘ Project Kuiper is ramping up plans to shoot more than 3,500 satellites into (low) orbit, but is yet to launch any.

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2020...-musk-back-on/

Microsoft Airband: An update on connecting rural America
https://news.microsoft.com/rural-broadband/

Market place will also have a say. Users of wireless phones do not have fiber extruding from their ears ... not yet anyway.

The problem has always been the "last mile".

Agree.

"Last-mile technology is any telecommunications technology that carries signals from the broad telecommunication backbone along the relatively short distance (hence, the "last mile") to and from the home or business."

https://searchnetworking.techtarget....ile-technology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile

My only complaint is that, after a while, Spectrum will actively throttle network ports that are using a lot of bandwidth.

Probably.

I have a VPN between there and here, and I have to change the VPN port from time to time to get around the throttling. When the port usage stops or slows down, the throttling is lifted. I have not run into this with Comcast.

Not only Spectrum but all ISP's, depending on what they can get away with, and their business plan. Look to the FCC for possible help. Netflix anyone!

I understand you're probably on "broadband" . One of my neighbors, who worked from home for Ratheon had trouble with his VPN. It had to do with his distance from DSLAM or “local office”, as he was on DSL.

You bring up good points!