HUGE news from Gilbert. Superfast fiber optic internet coming to greater downtown

[emu steve]

In all due regard to that poster, I wonder if he knows the issues involved.

This isn't roads or street lights where everyone wants the best possible infrastructure including the best roads, snow removal, lighting services attainable should be available to as many as possible.

Extremely high speed Internet isn't something that most want. Would a person having a hard time making his utility bills want to PAY EXTRA for super speed Internet? Probably not.

[Scottathew]

In all due regard to that poster, I wonder if he knows the issues involved.

This isn't roads or street lights where everyone wants the best possible infrastructure including the best roads, snow removal, lighting services attainable should be available to as many as possible.

Extremely high speed Internet isn't something that most want. Would a person having a hard time making his utility bills want to PAY EXTRA for super speed Internet? Probably not.

That's kind of my thoughts about why this isn't important, YET, for the neighborhoods.

My family is fortunate to have two employed adults making well above minimum wage. We don't have cable TV, and we stream everything. Even in that scenario, 15 MB\s internet is more than sufficient for us. We don't need anything more, and we don't want to pay for anything more.

I think a good target market right now is businesses.


I find it humorous that people have already turned this into an "us vs. them" issue. Get over it, it's only in Downtown. It's not out in the white suburbs, it's not in the black neighborhoods, it's where one of the densest clusters of businesses is in the region, downtown. It's also where Gilbert is trying to concentrate most of his efforts for revitalization.

[Honky Tonk]

In all due regard to that poster, I wonder if he knows the issues involved.

This isn't roads or street lights where everyone wants the best possible infrastructure including the best roads, snow removal, lighting services attainable should be available to as many as possible.

Extremely high speed Internet isn't something that most want. Would a person having a hard time making his utility bills want to PAY EXTRA for super speed Internet? Probably not.

Exactly, Besides the privileged areas of Downtown and Midtown, the rest of are barefoot and poor. Why most of us don't even know what the internet is, let alone that new-fangled "high speed" stuff. Carry on.

[emu steve]

Exactly, Besides the privileged areas of Downtown and Midtown, the rest of are barefoot and poor. Why most of us don't even know what the internet is, let alone that new-fangled "high speed" stuff. Carry on.

Straw man alert...

Don't most [[or all) areas of the city of Detroit have MORE speed then they could imagine using?

This is like a 5-star hotel or Starbucks.

Is there a market for one all over the city? Or is this a niche for which there is a limited market?

Again, I'm saying, and my telecomm knowledge is limited, but this appears geared at commercial [[and large commercial at that) market and not Mr./Mrs. Smith living in a nice house in a nice neighborhood somewhere in Detroit streaming with Chromecast or Hoku.

BTW, my provider [[and I'm not in MI) offers 5, 50, 100, 150 Mbps.