[95263] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Vierling)
Tue Mar 13 14:26:33 2007
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:15:00 -0400
From: "Todd Vierling" <tv@pobox.com>
To: "Roland Dobbins" <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <288F5196-2CB3-4000-9DE0-D805C1859258@cisco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 3/13/07, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com> wrote:
> > There are other technologies better
> > suited to rural deployment, such as satellite, powerline, some cable,
> > or even re-use of the previous generation's ADSL gear once metro areas
> > are upgraded.
>
> Or something like WiMAX?
Depends on how rural the area is. Some parts of the US have
problematic terrain and *very* sparse population; there, the cost
would far outweigh the subscriber uptake. Should someone want
bandwidth in such an area, powerline or satellite are probably better
choices.
(I don't mention cell-based wireless technologies, because the
providers in that market space haven't truly awakened to the
possibility of fixed cell termination sites for broadband-type access.
That is generally seen as a congestion threat, not an opportunity, by
the carriers.)
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-- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com> <todd@vierling.name>
