Sadly, yeah. Moved out here mid-COVID and I really don't anticipate needing to move (got a good chunk of land, it's quiet, farm animals, etc.) and I can do my job remote so the internet was definitely necessary. But we'll see where life takes me.
Got any neighbours who might pay for some of that?
Not close enough, no. Though I was briefly looking into offering something using some high-powered point to point hardware, just haven't really done it yet.
60K in 10 years is not very expensive if you didn’t have to pay for the digging itself. That could easily be as expensive without any service. Now I don’t know what happens after your current contract though, whether it will be reduced or if you have options to switch providers…
Supposedly it drops to something like $60/mo (in today's dollars). The rest is actually me having agreed to subsidize the digging itself. I just looked again it's actually 8 years, so on the whole I still feel like it was worth it.
In fact, I remember them telling me they went way over budget on the project so I'm actually underpaying (we signed agreements prior to them breaking ground). So I guess that aligns.
Good one. And your commune wouldn't pay for any of it ?
Not sure what you mean by commune?
I'm not sure... the town ? district maybe ?
Ohhh okay, sorry, I wasn't sure if by commune you meant I lived in a multi-family commune - which I don't.
Unfortunately, no, the actual town I live in address-wise has a whopping population of about 1000 people but that's spread out over multiple multiple acres of farmland. And on top of that I'm on the edge of said town boundaries. If I lived in the town itself I would have had access to fiber internet without having to get a line trenched, unfortunately, I don't.
Because it only benefits my property, no subsidies or anything available.
Sadly, yeah. Moved out here mid-COVID and I really don't anticipate needing to move (got a good chunk of land, it's quiet, farm animals, etc.) and I can do my job remote so the internet was definitely necessary. But we'll see where life takes me.
Got any neighbours who might pay for some of that?
Not close enough, no. Though I was briefly looking into offering something using some high-powered point to point hardware, just haven't really done it yet.
60K in 10 years is not very expensive if you didn’t have to pay for the digging itself. That could easily be as expensive without any service. Now I don’t know what happens after your current contract though, whether it will be reduced or if you have options to switch providers…
Supposedly it drops to something like $60/mo (in today's dollars). The rest is actually me having agreed to subsidize the digging itself. I just looked again it's actually 8 years, so on the whole I still feel like it was worth it.
In fact, I remember them telling me they went way over budget on the project so I'm actually underpaying (we signed agreements prior to them breaking ground). So I guess that aligns.
Good one. And your commune wouldn't pay for any of it ?
Not sure what you mean by commune?
I'm not sure... the town ? district maybe ?
Ohhh okay, sorry, I wasn't sure if by commune you meant I lived in a multi-family commune - which I don't.
Unfortunately, no, the actual town I live in address-wise has a whopping population of about 1000 people but that's spread out over multiple multiple acres of farmland. And on top of that I'm on the edge of said town boundaries. If I lived in the town itself I would have had access to fiber internet without having to get a line trenched, unfortunately, I don't.
Because it only benefits my property, no subsidies or anything available.
I see. Well you still made a good investment