Oregon City Plans to Offer Gigabit Broadband for $50 Hillsboro, Oregon is moving forward with plans to build a broadband network that can deliver gigabit speeds for $50 per month. Three years ago the city had shelved plans after a consultant warned the city away from the project. But the plan is now back on the table, and pending city councel approval the town plans to spend $4 million next year, and another $4 million in each of the subsequent five years, to expand the city's existing fiber networks to area homes and businesses. The original consultant claimed that the city's network would cost $66 million and be only "marginally" viable, claiming just 28% percent of residents would use the service. But the construction plans for a local development where running fiber would be less expensive has changed their projections, city leaders say: quote: City officials say there have been important changes since then.For one, plans to develop 8,000 homes in South Hillsboro create an opportunity to build a brand-new system in a new community that could eventually house 20,000. The city now estimates that at least 36% of city residents would likely sign up for such a service, an estimate they're calling "conservative." The city now estimates that at least 36% of city residents would likely sign up for such a service, an estimate they're calling "conservative."







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BobRide

join:2017-01-03

Youngsville, LA 10 recommendations BobRide Member LUS Fiber Lafayette, Louisiana. L.U.S. ( Lafayette Utility System) offers FTTH. Last week they started offering a 10gigabit residential connection. Pulling for ya'll Hillsboro.



But remember private sector can always do it better - /s

Reticent

join:2008-08-11

USA_PDX 1 edit 3 recommendations Reticent Member "City in NW Oregon ..." A large development in the area can easily fill with Gigabit customers. It's not all rural, there's light industry in a large metro area, and local zoning artificially guarantees a housing "shortage". Aside from a cherry-picking ISP that focuses on apartment buildings and (larger) business, major players are too spoiled and leveraged to be interested in long-term investment.



FTTH may be a bit overkill, but how else can we have enough local coordination between fiber and, say, wireless? By itself, wireless is too volatile, its coverage prone to gaps and interference; "franchises" are rarely actually properly managed …



Fixed-That-For-You - original headline has a detrimental ambiguity: "Oregon City" is the name of a city in Oregon, but not the city noted in this article.

tsteven3

join:2015-07-05

Eugene, OR 2 recommendations tsteven3 Member Oregon City Plans to Offer Gigabit Broadband for $50



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Perhaps it should have been titled Hillsboro Oregon Plans to Offer Gigabit Broadband for $50?



Just my two cents worth. The headline of this article is misleading because there actually is an Oregon City, Oregon.Perhaps it should have been titled Hillsboro Oregon Plans to Offer Gigabit Broadband for $50?Just my two cents worth. wasvznowftr

join:2010-07-13

00000 2 recommendations wasvznowftr Member Too much competition The area the city is banking on (South Hillsboro, a massive new development) to easily deploy their network, is going to end up with 3 to 5 fiber to the home providers.

I don’t know how they figure they’ll get even close to 36% of that pie.