[116972] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Downs)
Fri Aug 28 02:08:10 2009
From: James Downs <egon@egon.cc>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4A95CC85.8080102@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:06:31 -0700
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Roy wrote:
> I think it has become obvious that the correct definition of
> broadband depends on the users location. A house in the boonies is
> not going to get fiber, Perhaps the minimum acceptable bandwidth
> should vary by area. A definition of "area" could be some sort of
> user density
Except this is exactly what happened. The players with vested
interests were allowed a sort of "first refusal" on projects. In
areas where they had lots of customers, they passed on the projects.
So, we find that in urban areas, you can't get fiber in the home, but
there are countless rural farms and homes that have fiber just lying
around. I have an acquaintance 60 miles from the closest commercial
airport in TN, telling me about the fiber internet he has.
-j
