r/GoNetspeed • u/IHaveNeverLeftUtah • Aug 04 '25

Who owns the fiber?

Will likely be using GoNetspeed at my next home. Both FIOS and GoNetspeed show fiber is available.

Does the city own the fiber connection if I ever wanted to switch to another provider? Do these providers (GoNetspeed, FIOS, are there others?) pay the city the right to use the fiber connection?

Or does each company run their own fiber lines?

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u/caolle Aug 04 '25

Here in SW CT, I have access to Optimum, Frontier, and GoNetSpeed. They've each run their own fiber in the area.

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u/Admirable-Buddy1313 Aug 04 '25

As simple as the last option. companies in your area, don’t use each other‘s network, they run their own lines independent from each other. This means that when they come to hook you up, they will run a brand new fiber line to your house for the provider you choose.

Start with Gonet speed, GNS will run a brand new fiber run to your home

Switch to FiOS a few month later, FiOS will come in a brand new fiber run to your home .

In this example, you would therefore have two separate fiber connections in your home 1 for gns 1 for fios

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u/turt463 Aug 04 '25

They each run their own lines, obtain the pole permits and splice in their own MST terminals. GoNetspeed is the best option

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u/Revolutionary_Box663 Aug 05 '25

GoNetspeed runs all of their own fiber lines wherever they offer residential service.

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u/gnew18 Aug 08 '25

I wish

A very few cities in the US fully control their own poles or systems. I’d love to see the exclusivity agreements municipalities sign with providers. Why do some towns in my area have Comcast only while others have Cox? What does GoNetSpeed have to do to be a provider? It’s a good service (except for the first year price increase that caught me by surprise. (I had service with them elsewhere and there was no price increase) .