PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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join:2005-01-03
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Re: fios
said by Answer Guy  :said by PolarBear : Yes, but fiber costs 10x as much as copper to deploy! Nope, fiber and copper installation costs are almost the same. In fact, when the copper gets larger, the fiber is cheaper due to cheaper materials. Labor is still labor, cable is still cable. The cost is still dominated by the labor costs and not the materials. I have to disagree. Fiber optic cable is far more expensive that copper lines.
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Answer Guy
join:2006-07-28
Grass Lake, MI
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said by PolarBear : Yes, but fiber costs 10x as much as copper to deploy! Nope, fiber and copper installation costs are almost the same. In fact, when the copper gets larger, the fiber is cheaper due to cheaper materials. Labor is still labor, cable is still cable. The cost is still dominated by the labor costs and not the materials. |
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cdru
Go Colts
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Fort Wayne, IN
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said by PolarBear :said by morbo :you're right. fiber costs 1/10 of copper to maintain. someone's gotta pay! Yes, but fiber costs 10x as much as copper to deploy! Deploy costs are the only thing to consider. Ongoing maintenance and capacity also must be weighted. It's not an immediate return on the investment, but go out 10, 20, or 30 years and Verizon is betting that there will be.
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keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA | reply to PolarBear
Then in 10 years it should be a wash. Good return on investment considering... unless my math is wrong  |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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said by morbo :you're right. fiber costs 1/10 of copper to maintain. someone's gotta pay! Yes, but fiber costs 10x as much as copper to deploy!
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