[160716] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Warren Bailey)
Mon Feb 11 19:24:14 2013
From: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>, "nanog@nanog.org"
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:23:52 +0000
In-Reply-To: <511989E8.1050105@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Nearly all of the industries you mentioned below receive some type of
local or federal/government funding. If I was going to build some kind of
access network, I would be banging on the .gov door asking for grants and
low interest loans to help roll out broadband to remote areas. My former
employer was given a TON of money (upwards of 80MM) to run Fiber across a
body of water and into a microwave ring for distribution to some of the
most remote customers in the world.
I think that if this type of project gained any amount of traction, you
would be given a check from a giant and told to enjoy your life on the
beach. Just my .02 though.
On 2/11/13 4:16 PM, "Masataka Ohta" <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
wrote:
>Scott Helms wrote:
>
>> IMO if you can't pay
>> for the initial build quickly and run it efficiently then your chances
>>of
>> long term success are very low.
>
>That is not a business model for infrastructure such as gas,
>electricity, CATV, water and fiber network, all of which
>need long term planning and investments.
>
>Anyway, as SS is less expensive than PON, there is no reason to
>insist on PON.
>
> Masataka Ohta
>
>
