I am rural and utterly tired of Comcast and still not having the mid-split. Regardless, it still wouldn’t be fast enough for me. They’re playing games with our township by not acknowledging that a new franchise agreement needs to be written up and/or signed (been going on for like a year). When I drive around the area I’m always looking at the lines running between poles. One day I noticed one of those round fiber splice enclosures on a numbered route about 5 miles from my home. I followed it and lo and behold it feeds the local cell tower. The line keeps coming towards my home to an intersection maybe a half mile away. I’m thinking this is some obscure company that leases out dark fibers to people. How do I find out who owns the lines? If I did find out, and that’s their game, how would one connect to the internet via dark fiber?

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I think what you are really asking is “how can I find out what other Internet providers offer service at my location”

And the answer is to go to this site and enter your address:

https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home

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That’s not what I’m asking, because I already know.

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