[106408] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: So why don't US citizens get this?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Fran=E7ois_Mez)
Mon Jul 28 13:30:50 2008
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:30:10 -0400
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Fran=E7ois_Mezei?= <jfmezei@vaxination.ca>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <202705b0807280506q1819ed2bncd75fc7e213fa0c6@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Jorge Amodio wrote:
> I belive there are just few major cities in the US that have a comparable or
> higher
> concentration of people like other large cities around the world.
Does population density still REALLY matter ? Considering that fibre
optic cables have a far longer reach than copper, and considering that
the utility poles already exist in less densely populated areas, it
would seem to me that fibre would be a superior alternative to copper,
especially when you consider the costs of setting up remotes all over
the place for copper.
And I would reckon that laying fibre along existing utility poles to
reach 200 homes would cost far less than laying fibre in a concrete high
rise appartment building to reach 200 appartments.
The way I view it, telco accountants have build *excuses* to not lay
fibre instead of finding ways to justify laying it.
