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Our city just built a fiber network and GF was the first to offer service.

Since they have come to town, ATT has installed their own fiber network in our neighborhood and Comcast has increased their speeds. I consider our local area disrupted. And I feel no matter what happens with GF, we’ll have faster internet from now on.

BTW: cut the cord. GF 1Gb plan with DirecTV Now and YouTube TV.

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I'm happy for you, but I think you have to realize that you're in the minority in this country with the levels of choice and competition you have.

I wish I had any choice. I'm stuck using my phone as my primary internet source because my Comcast cable connection drops every fifteen minutes. After several tech support calls and router/modem replacements, I assume they either don't know how to fix the issue or they just don't care.

Unfortunately disruption is a temporary state. Hopefully the existing incumbents will continue to provide enough competition in your area to keep each other in check.

I feel like it would be very difficult for them to dial back. In my area the same thing occurred. Google Fiber was announced, and suddenly AT&T had fiber to home options available. Then spectrum magically increased their available speeds.

If one of them dials down their service levels, users will just swap to the other. They would have to be concerted in their service downgrades if they didn't want to lose customers.

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