2017-03-17 Fiber

Yay!

• March 10, I get an email telling my that our building is now connected to the city’s glass fibre network
• March 10, I confirmed the order with Init7
• March 16, a technician inspected the setup
• March 16, the new modem arrived (FRITZBox 5490)
• March 17, I’m writing the cancellation for UPC’s copper

glass fibre network

Init7

Why leave UPC?

• UPC cooperated with the NSA spying on customers in Austria. (Der Standard, German)
• I was super annoyed to discover that in addition to the regular service fee of CHF 59.–_mo I have to pay an extra 359.40_yr for the cable itself. Fuuuuuhh! 😠

Der Standard

Total: 1067.40/yr for something called “Internet 100” (the speed test says 82.53 Mbps download, 10.71 Mbps upload)

speed test

Why pick Init7?

• Init7 works for net neutrality (NZZ, Computerworld, both in German)

NZZ

Computerworld

Total: 777.–_yr for something called “Fiber7” (which supposedly will give me 1 Gbit_sec download and 1 Gbit/sec upload)

Vote with your wallet. Also, 1GB symmetric. Even if you don’t need it, I want to return to a world with decentralized Internet. Having symmetric connections is the first step in the right direction.

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