[8321] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: what's behind PacBell's $16G fibre->home announcement?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Kuder)
Sat Nov 13 19:10:51 1993
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 93 15:57 PST
From: david@wombat.com (David Kuder)
To: harrys@smtplink.ngc.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
I think that folks in the industry refer to this model as "fiber to
the pylon". It is a common model for cable companies that are moving
over to fiber distribution systems. And Pacbell's proposol looks a
lot like a cable plant until you get inside the CO and at the NAP.