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by WarOnPrivacy 1666 days ago
So your 4 potential wireline providers are XFinity(Comcast), AT&T, Spectrum(Charter)and Atlantic(Cogeco).

Some things I'd try. I'd ask all 4 ISPs to send someone to do an on-site review for service availability because serviceability addresses can be wrong.

If that doesn't help, there is a good chance one/all of those providers have received government funds in the past or near future [1] for deployment. They may be willing to deploy to this neighborhood but need a nudge to do so. I don't specifically know how to do that but the local public service commission might.

Also worth contacting are the FCC and the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NIST). The latter is overseeing the fund disbursal from the recently passed broadband infrastructure program. They should have a broad understanding how those dollars become deployments. More importantly, they may have sway with the ISPs or know who does.

I get that calling the feds might seem like a hail Mary, but I've had good experience (and education) from reaching out to the feds directly.

Elected representatives are another worthwhile consideration.

[1]https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46780

2 comments

On-site exam may be needed because three of those point to xfinity and att&t told me sorry they can't do anything.
I called. My local government , hopefully I will get a response, no one answered but I left a message.