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Where in Brooklyn? I've had gigabit for around 70 dollars in two apartments here in Downtown Brooklyn, and in general NYC generally does have pretty good fiber availability at reasonable prices

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It's building-specific.

Also it's not like Verizon is your friend either; they just don't (yet) have any incentive to screw you.

These companies are apparently all run by greedy scum. I would much prefer if it were run by lazy greedy bureaucrats instead; at least then theoretically I can write a letter to my local legislators about it and complain at city hall.

I'm in Williamsburg. It's definitely block to block, because other blocks in my neighborhood definitely have fiber. I've actually never lived in a building that has fiber -- the last one I moved out of literally got fiber the month I moved out!

Downtown Brooklyn has a lot more new luxury highrise buildings with fiber wired in from day 1, as compared to pre-war brownstones in other neighborhoods where even _if_ Verizon has fiber on your block your elderly out-of-state landlady and absentee super won't let them in to wire up the unit.

That doesn't sound like a problem with Verizon, that sounds like a problem with legislation.

Your absentee super or out-of-state landlady wouldn't be allowed to stand in the way of you getting hot water, why should they be able to get in the way of other utilities?

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