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Dying towns (lemmy.world)
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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 34 points 3 months ago

Yeah. Seems pointless, but I bet they're trying to attract folks with work-from-home jobs.

There's a big migration of work-from-home folks out to areas where they can have bigger homes, gardens and such.

I think the theory is that whichever towns or cities attract these folks first will grow into long term preferred work-from-home destinations, using the tax revenue and voting habits of the first folks to move in.

It's a gamble, but an interesting one.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

Start with bringing in the fiber. I can deal without overnight delivery, a good sushi place or a brewpub, but I draw the line at fiber

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep. I think high quality Internet roll-out will make or break some of these plans.

[-] doctortran@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

Why are we assuming all work from home jobs require fiber?

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

WFH jobs may not require fiber to the home, but if there's no fiber infrastructure to support the overall traffic of the area then it's just not going to work. Particularly when we're talking about getting internet out to rural areas - fiber carries signal much further than copper, and can thus reach more communities.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Maybe I’m spoiled with fiber but I know I’d never want to go back, even just for video calls. Give how over-provisioned and glitchy most internet connections are, you do need a huge margin of overcapacity to get a reliable call in.

But yeah, as the other guy said, you’re going to need fiber to the town for more than a couple people. Even cable internet needs fiber to the neighborhood.

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

For WFH crows the town needs fiber, and in another post he stated the town doesn't have that.

I can see your point and that's what I figured they were trying to attract

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

There's Starlink, now. But somehow, relying on a Musk product to be able to do your job seems... risky.

[-] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Y’all are describing me with astounding accuracy, hah!

Moved from big city to small nearby city for the garden, work from home, no cable or fiber internet, so gotta rely on Starlon Lusk

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I had fios in Cumberland. I don't know if there are other choices though.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

For WFH crows the town needs fiber, and in another post he stated the town doesn’t have that.

Did I? I don't know if Cumberland has fiber options nowadays.

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

You posted a photo of Cumberland and said (at the time) fiber options were low

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You sure it was me? I could have said that, I have memory like swiss cheese, but I can't find any mention of Cumberland or fiber on my three profiles (Kbin, World, dbzer0)

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I misremembered Monsterknees comment chain in your photo of Cumberland, went back and looked.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

No worries! I was just wondering if I'd known something about fibre availability in Cumberland and just forgot it, lol

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