Sanford Florida's Telecom Duopoly

Like a lemon to a lime, a lime to a lemon. A duopoly's like a monopoly, but two of them.

Spectrum vs. ATT are The Cable Company vs. The Phone Company here in Sanford, Florida.

The two local choices. The 'incumbent' local phone company. The local cable 'franchise'.

In Tampa it's Frontier vs. Spectrum. Miami's got ATT vs. Comcast. Gainesville's ATT vs. Cox.

Every city. Two incumbents. A local duopoly.

The local phone company made 'incumbent' is federally decided (sanctioned) by the FCC.

The local cable company 'franchised' is locally decided (granted) by the region or state.

These sanctions/grants obligate all local telecom duopolies to ensure certain availability %'s.

Meaning, if you were to move into a new business location tomorrow,

And you were in a rush to set up basic phone service and fast cheap internet,

No matter what your specific address is in Sanford, Florida, there's a -

90% ish chance that either ATT or Spectrum will be readily available

And a -

65% ish chance that both ATT and Spectrum will be readily available

Wait, are you saying that 10% ish of us are outta luck? And that 35% ish of us are stuck with just one choice?

When it comes to old school basic phone service, and fast cheap (wired) internet -

Short Answer

In most cities, including Sanford, yes.

Longer Answer

The higher and more dense the population of a city is, the more likely that a 3rd, 4th, or even greater number of ('competitive') carrier options might be present (that also sells basic phone service and fast cheap (wired) internet).

Example. There's a 'Competitive CableCo' named Wow! Cable in Tampa. So, in Tampa, a new business that's moving in can be quoted basic phone and fast cheap (wired) internet by not only Tampa's local duopoly, Spectrum vs. Frontier. But also versus Wow!

Note. Whereby the locally sanctioned/granted 'incumbent' phone and 'franchised' cable companies maintain certain obligations to the FCC and region-state respectively -

'Competitive' local phone and cable companies are more like speculative home builders, compared to the local duopoly that is closer to being a utility than a spec builder. They invest their millions of dollars into constructing a local telephone and internet network in the most densely populated parts of certain markets (where there are the most possible prospects to sell to relative to cost of network construction), and or in those underserved pockets where the local duopoly has most neglected to build (where the prospects to sell to are most thirsty for options).

Point being, yes, in most cases, fast cheap (wired) internet options are limited.

But here's the good news.

Wireless Internet

Beyond fast cheap (wired) internet (like ATT's ABF/Uverse shared fiber internet, and Spectrum's coax cable internet, here in Sanford), nice priced wireless options do exist. Wireless Internet options are most often used as a back-up connection to a primary wired connection, or, by the 10% of cases that do not have ATT or Spectrum available (most often a stranded structure, like a church in the middle of a large rural piece of land). Wireless Internet options that are quite universally available are -

• 5G to LAN/Computers - Like T-Mobile

• Low Orbit Satellite - Like Viasat

Dedicated Fiber Internet

Key Word, Dedicated.

Not to be confused with 'shared' aka 'best effort' fiber (i.e. ATT's ABF/Uverse or Frontier/Verizon's Fios)

Entry level pricing is roughly four times more expensive than the local duopoly's normal fast cheap internet. The most stable internet possible. And is backed by an SLA - Service Level Agreement. If you need it, your computer gal or guy has probably already told you such. Because of its 4X higher entry level pricing, the local duopoly is willing build access to you in 95% of the cases. Plus, most cities have 1, 2 ,3 or even maybe more dedicated Fiber Internet 'competitive' carrier options possible.

Hosted Voice Service

Better than basic phone service, and in most cases less expensive, and in most cases includes new digital desktop telephones, and in most cases includes a mobility app so that your business number can ring simultaneously to your desk phone and your mobile phone's VOIP app. And choices galore. Example, my portfolio alone carries 60+ Hosted Voice Carriers for you to choose from.

So I need to call ATT and Spectrum to see if internet's even here? Wait, who's the best two or three voip providers?

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PATRICK ANTONIO | patrick@madvoicedata.com | 407-283-7832 | Sanford, FL