[83783] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
Thu Aug 25 03:49:56 2005
In-Reply-To: <20050825013105.GF68966@puck.nether.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:49:05 +0200
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 25-aug-2005, at 3:31, Jared Mauch wrote:
> I once spoke to a construction manager at comcast for their
> network buildouts. With my local township, they need to have 20 homes
> per linear mile along the route to justify a build.
Turns out that the US has a cable penetration of some 67%. (http://
www.ncta.com/Docs/PageContent.cfm?pageID=86) That's pretty high, if
you consider that coax can't carry a signal very far.
But I still attribute the non-stellar uptake of broadband to lack of
DSL in the US. A significant portion of that 33% that doesn't have
cable (and can't get it) should be within range for ADSL. On the
other hand you still see above-ground phone lines in US cities, maybe
that's not so good for DSL...
And in the future we'll see more wireless broadband.
