drnick5 t1_iupwu14 wrote on November 2, 2022 at 3:46 AM

Reply to comment by kdex86 in Rhode Island leads all states in the most significant change in internet speeds since 2020 by FotoGrapher19

No, FIOS isnt availability in a lot of the state. This has to do with Verizon taking a ton of tax money to run fiber to "99% of homes that currently have copper" then stopping expansion during the 2008 downturn, and never starting again. They never got close to their 99% number, but due to loopholes in the contract, got to keep their money. (This happened in the entire US, not just RI)

Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Bristol and Warren, and I believe parts of south county can't get FIOS, not sure about Barrington.

Odd-Independent4640 t1_iuqqovm wrote on November 2, 2022 at 10:17 AM

In Barrington, FiOS is only avail to a small portion of town

kdex86 t1_iurcksn wrote on November 2, 2022 at 1:47 PM

Where in Rhode Island is "south county"? I thought counties were an afterthought in New England.

drnick5 t1_iurf5eo wrote on November 2, 2022 at 2:06 PM

Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't lol. South county would basically be the south west corner of the state. Charlestown, Exeter, Narragansett, North and South Kingston, Wakefield and Westerly among others.