[120540] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [NANOG] Roport on internet business
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Dec 23 19:22:57 2009
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <4B32A3A8.20503@bennett.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:22:05 -0500
To: Richard Bennett <richard@bennett.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 23, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Richard Bennett wrote:
> The authors are pretty well convinced that the demand for more =
wireless spectrum will be handled by spectral efficiency improvements =
and deployment of more towers, they stress the importance of replacing =
copper with fiber and microwave in the middle mile, and don't think the =
telcos are doing the right things.
I know, watching my local incumbent they are not replacing damaged =
copper with fiber. I think they must have warehouses of it someplace. =
I can't imagine that it is good to replace buried copper w/copper during =
the wintertime. If you're out doing it, might as well *actually* =
install fiber in the conduit.
(Unless it's about unions/job protection for the copper guys).
- Jared (not saying unions are bad, but when you operate two assets and =
have a different union for each, it can limit your potential =
significantly).=
