It baffles me that Seattle and the PNW in general are such hubs for technologically-oriented people, yet really good Internet access isn't available. There's pockets of it (CondoInternet.net, for example) but nothing widespread. I had five choices for Internet service (and five for television, though these didn't fully overlap) in my previous state, but only two for anything above 768kbps now. Is the market up here really happy with Comcast, CenturyLink, and Frontier doesn't-really-want-to-sell-FiOS?
Silicon Valley is much the same way. I finally gave up waiting a couple years ago and now pay Comcast a bunch of money for an overpriced but functional 50/10 business connection to my house. It's pretty pathetic.
