Re: New home builders without wires

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Josh Luthman wrote:
> Why can't Gates just use the 1.2 Gbps Cable?  Just because he has the wealth
> to do something doesn't mean there's any requirement to do so.

Uhm. Do you realize that cable is asymetric, with less than 35 Mbps 
upstream, and marketing bandwidth numbers aren't real?  Mega-mansions 
like the Gates estate are like small hotels, and sometimes have parties 
(charity events) with over 200 people, and corporate events with over 500 
people. The "home" was small enterprise in itself.

When I worked at an ISP in California, we had a few multi-billionaire 
customers, and several multi-millionaire customers. They had dedicated 
internet access (DIA) and special access circuits. Most had an "IT guy" 
who took care of it. They didn't wait for a field service appointment
between 8am-5pm, their IT Guy did the waiting :-)

Unlike some celebrity customers, the really, really rich customers were 
nice to the customer service folks.