The 2gbit is not actually 2gbit, their network is probably greatly oversubscribed and they are counting on people not to actually ever use it at capacity.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Marc Juul <juul@labitat.dk> wrote:

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Marc Juul <juul@labitat.dk> wrote:

I talked to Monkeybrains and Comcast today.

Monkeybrains are coming to West Oakland in a couple of months and I told them about the Omni and that we could maybe come to an agreement if they want to put in fiber and service the neighboring apartment buildings. They noted it down but seemed only slightly interested and said to check back in two months.

Comcast claims to have a 2 gigabit connection available at the Omni building. It would cost $1k in installation and $320 per month. They have a separate team that deals with gigabit and that team will call me in the next two days. I'm going to get them to send me the contract so we can check it over before signing up, but this seems like a really good way to go until we can find something better.

More info on the comcast 2 gigabit after talking to their rep today. There is a two year contract with a large fee if you want to end it early. You cannot even move the service to another house if you move. This is residential service only and sharing is disallowed. I asked if it was ok for me to have an access point with no password at my home and the representative told me very clearly that it was not allowed. We should talk about it more on Tuesday.

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