I thought because of various fallacious reasons, gigE was highly improbable in the US. At least, that the was the reason given when S. Korea, Japan, and major cities in China were blessed with it.
I've heard everything from geography (even in NYC, one of the densest population on Earth, we couldn't get it together for consumer gigE) to culture (yes, culture! As I understand it from various explanations, we're too culturally "heterogeneous" for gigE connections. No seriously.)
I wonder how Sonic made the highly improbable not only possible but, apparently, profitable?
If you restrict it to just Manhattan, then it's almost in the top 10. And if you account for wealth, there's no comparison: all else equal, Manhattan should be the most lucrative market on earth for fast internet service.
No, just Manhattan is 46th in the list, and if restrict metropolitan areas to the densest parts, I bet that list would change dramatically pushing Manhattan further down.
It's also an incredibly expensive place to install anything since all the wires are underground, and on top of that you have to do night work, and it has very high labor rates.
Manhattan is probably the last place to get this sort of thing.
I had always heard that here in NYC, it was regulation and monopolization by the larger telcos (mainly TWC) that stopped us from getting higher speeds. The slow rollout for FiOS has reportedly been due to a problem with having to dig up streets and all that..
I've heard everything from geography (even in NYC, one of the densest population on Earth, we couldn't get it together for consumer gigE) to culture (yes, culture! As I understand it from various explanations, we're too culturally "heterogeneous" for gigE connections. No seriously.)
I wonder how Sonic made the highly improbable not only possible but, apparently, profitable?