Sure, you could get theoretical speeds of about "20 Mbps down and 4 Mbps up from Comcast for $55 per month," but the service provided by Rucker's company, MonkeyBrains, is providing reliable and consistent speeds:
MonkeyBrains guarantees at least 10 Mbps symmetrical and most customers see 15-20 Mbps. Some customers see 25-30 Mbps with a good connection. According to [a company employee], this depends on the company's backhaul connection, which is in the process of being upgraded. Once that happens, he expects 30 Mbps+ connections will be common.
There are initial startup costs associated with the service—it costs about $250 to install the required antenna—but MonkeyBrains appears to be offering customers several free months of service to compensate for that cost.
The company is still small: It has "about 100 antennas, each of which may serve one or many customers—an average of 5-10 per antenna"—but it certainly appears to be off to a good start. Of course, the downside of a company like MonkeyBrains is that it provides such great—and cheap—service because it's sticking to a small area and focusing on those customers. This means that those of us who live outside of San Francisco are left hoping that someone will think to run a small WISP with a silly name in our areas too.
I would love to have this service, my current ISP is shitty.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought when I saw 20Mbps down for $40 a month was exactly about how close it comes to my Comcast connection. The guaranteed speeds is pretty sweet but there is also the downside of wireless instability.
ReplyDeleteI really don't mind my Current ISP, sometimes they mess up but they're always good about fixing it.
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ReplyDeletethat's freaking great.
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ReplyDelete/s/upporting you friend, return the love daily.
ReplyDeleteThese little ISPs make me think there's hope for net neutrality.
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Sounds pretty cool. I've never heard of the guy though.
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ReplyDeleteI have AT&T and it's horrible dude.
ReplyDeleteYou have my support bro, keep them coming
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ReplyDeleteFor 40 bucks a moth thats freaking fantastic! I have verizon and overpay -_-
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very nice~ i wouldnt mind having that over my current isp, but hey they came over and fixed our shit the next day when i called, go comcast
ReplyDeleteThink about the locations, though. Shit doesn't work if you're not in range.
ReplyDeletesounds pretty awesome
ReplyDeletethe only problem with this is that you have to live near the degenerates in San Francisco
ReplyDeleteSounds badass.
ReplyDeleteMan I wished in california. It's where all the tech shit has been going on lately =/
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Damn, this kicks the shit out of comcast....
ReplyDeleteI really want this now
If I didn't live in a dorm in college I would definitely switch over, sounds pretty nice
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i need this, internet has been slow lately
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This would be so awesome
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Seems a good isp!
ReplyDeleteWow... I have the 25/25 with verizon right now, and I have to say - If someone could GUARANTEE 10 down, I would switch right now.
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Meh, that's simmilar to what I have now, just a lot more expensive.
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my speed is ok ^^
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ReplyDeleteyeah i wouldn't mind having that. But with the connections we have around here atm, we prob wont get anything like that for 100 years =P
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If it is actually as good as it sounds, it will grow over time.
ReplyDeletewow that actually sounds pretty decent
ReplyDeletenot a bad idea, awesome company name too lol
ReplyDeletei wonder how good this would be for gaming, sounds good though
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ReplyDeleteto bad i dont live anywhere near there.
showing my support to a fellow blogger!