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Originally Posted by photon
There's a few wireless ISPs though that seem to be making a go of it though, so it is possible. More for businesses though, it's pretty expensive for what you get compared to Shaw/Telus last time I looked into it. Maybe more a niche product.
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I'm not really up on Wireless ISP's but from my impression has been that they exist in places where laying fibre is cost prohibitive.
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I'm not so sure, the cost for the line from your house to the point where it aggregates is similar 1 to 100km, but from that point the costs will increase depending on the usage of the clients.. if you have a subnet of people doing max 100Mbit vs. a subnet of people doing max 100Gbit, you'll need lots more equipment for the 2nd group.. plus your highway to the aggregation point will have to handle that much, etc..
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But that's getting more into a quality of service issue instead of just providing the service. In my road example, if the road capacity is not sufficient you get bumper to bumper traffic jams during peak hours. Buying natural gas, your costs are mostly variable based upon consumer usage. With high speed internet your costs are mostly fixed.
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It's a good example of what the market is bearing and what people are paying. You can make an argument that it's all too expensive, or that it all needs to be regulated, or whatever, but the outcry over one while being content with another doesn't jive.
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I think it has more to do with the wireless companies not petitioning the CRTC to make things worse for consumers.