Ballenxj wrote:
Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
My Internet Service Provider (ISP) has clearly either underfunded their infrastructure, has oversold their services, is failing to pay enough to attract trained and experienced system/network administrators, or all of the above.
When cable (their main competitor) finally reaches out where we are, I'll switch so fast your head will spin.
The big V?
No, the two major internet service providers in Alaska are predominately Alaskan companies.
The companies that dominate the market in the lower 48 states are relatively minor players in the Alaska market. Even then, their coverage tends to be very limited, usually just the Anchorage urban area and
maybe Fairbanks. (If their "coverage" extends beyond those limited areas, it because they've contract with the Alaska companies that have more complete coverage.)
To put it in lower 48 terms, they're like a company that only provides actual service to the Dallas/Fort Worth immediate area.
