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Whether a member of the Ting team or the mayor of a Ting town, we put your questions in front of smart people.
A famous puppet once said, “Do or do not. There is no try.” I think it was Kermit. Or maybe the mouse from Today’s Special… it’s hard to remember these things.
So when Luke Fredenburg asks if Ting ever felt like quitting the fiber game, Adam Eisner, VP of Internet, fires back with defiant “no.”
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Whether a member of the Ting team or the mayor of a Ting town, we put your questions in front of smart people.
The Internet. A series of tubes.
What if we told you these tubes are as important as the roads you drive on. Or the railway system. Or whatever Elon Musk is working on next. “But I don’t even commute,” you say. That may be true. But you definitely tele-commute. There’s no avoiding it.
Smart TVs have come a long way from the original clunky and slow devices with limited apps. Now, they are superbly powerful devices running some of the most modern streaming services out there. With their new designs, you don’t need any extra wires, additional brand or expensive universal remotes.
Smart TVs give you all the apps you want in one clean and easy to use TV. Currently, there are three main brands that power the most cord cutting friendly smart TVs out there: Roku TV, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV Edition.
Let’s take a minute to go over the three big brands and give you a look at the new TVs that have come out.
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Whether a member of the Ting team or the mayor of a Ting town, we put your questions in front of smart people.
A question we’re asked a lot is, “when are you coming to my town/city/state/country?”
The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is a little complicated. Believe us when we say we’d like to be everywhere, right now, offering our unlimited, symmetrical, crazy fast fiber Internet service to one and all. However, with every state, city and municipality comes its own set of challenges and rules.
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Whether a member of the Ting team or the mayor of a Ting town, we put your questions in front of smart people.
You may have heard of a certain giant in the tech space pivoting away from physical fiber to a solution involving fiber-caliber Internet beamed directly into customer’s homes. If that sounds too good to be true, it may just be.
Adam Eisner, VP of Internet, explains that while Ting is keeping a close eye on wireless link technology, we still believe fixed fiber (the kind we put in the ground) will ultimately provide customers with the most consistent, high-speed experience.
Or to put it another way, think about how difficult it is to get Wi-Fi in a basement. Now add a major city into the equation.
Hey Holly Springs, let’s catch you up on Ting network construction and progress. We’re going to walk you through the network, neighborhood by neighborhood, and let you know where we’re at.
Before we get going, here’s a bit of context for how fiber gets to your home.
1. We dig to put conduit in the ground.
2. Super thin fiber optic cables are blown through the conduits.
3. We call everyone who has pre-ordered and ask permission to build a fiber drop to their property. A Ting technician will install a line of cable from where the network meets the edge of your property to the outside of your home. It’s the last bit fiber that gets you connected to the network.
4. Next up is installation. Check out our installation FAQ and our help article on the installation process.
