[106410] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: So why don't US citizens get this?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jorge Amodio)
Mon Jul 28 13:49:03 2008
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:48:49 -0500
From: "Jorge Amodio" <jmamodio@gmail.com>
To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Fran=E7ois_Mezei?=" <jfmezei@vaxination.ca>
In-Reply-To: <488E0222.7060205@vaxination.ca>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> 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.
>
> Problem is not laying fiber between poles, the last mile has been always
the show killer.
200 local loops + terminating equipment surely will cost more than 1 local
loop + terminating equipment.
My .02
