I thought we had found an ok rental. Yea it overlooked the highway. Yea there was highway noise. Yea it was on a septic system and propane for most everything although it was only 1/4 mile away from a traffic light onto highway 82 and across the street from a gas station. All of that for the bargain basement price of $14k a month (oh yea did I mention that it isn't in the Aspen school district but the school agreed to let the kids continue at Aspen high school.)
And then just prior to signing a lease which required me to write a $50k check 4 months prior to move in date, I talked with a local Xfinity guy about ditching the satellite the new rental had and getting Xfinity.
No Xfinity. No ATT. No century link. No direct TV internet. The only provider is ViaSat and their top speed for that location is..................12Megs. Yes if everything works right 12 Megs. The Xfinity local said the real speed for that location is 6 Megs. How slow is 6 Megs? Faster than dial up but not much. 4kHD. Not a chance. Full HD---maybe on one device but pray that no one else decides to check their email.
Can you rent or even sell a home where the average internet speed is going to be 6 Megs. I don't think so, maybe that is why the home is 'cheap' if you can consider $14k a month to be in Snowmass (not Snowmass Village) cheap. Or maybe no one asked the question before. But seriously any house that you can't get at least 50 Megs should come with a warning label and under 25 should come with a special warning like cancel your Netflix account, your Spotify account, your Peloton bike and any cloud back up plan you have.
So bottom line---well I got no clue again where I am living (but I am sure those boarding schools have 1gig speeds) and when the Dems talk about internet as infrastructure they are not wrong.
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