bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here
| my thoughts
FTTP won't be providing DSL. At least not how we think of it. It would drop straight to an ethernet connection from the converter.
Also the 39,000 customers is pure FTTP. I'm fairly confident the 1996 stories were referencing FTTC. Mainly because in thsoe years that's precisely what happened. |
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ParanoiaInc
join:2002-08-28
Tucker, GA
| Also, its not cheap deploying the elements at the end of that fiber pipe, let alone what the fiber is connected to in the first place. What good is a local-loop segment capable of 5,10, 20, or even 100 Mbps if they run smack into a telco's core ATM that has trouble supporting 1.5x256 copper local loops without over-subscribing 5-10x?
I cannot imagine an ATM or routed core in a telco network where no over-subscription takes place and 100-Mbps is delivered to the customer. That's a pipe dream and I doubt, seriously doubt, it will get done before I die.
My stance on this is based on the 'best effort' business model. Best effort with no minimum guarantee of service, which is today's business model in the wholesaler world. |
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wentlanc
You Can't Fix Dumb..
join:2003-07-30
Maineville, OH | Even fiber to the neighborhood would be a miracle anymore.
puritan |
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alanhdsl
Premium
join:1999-10-09
Phoenix, AZ | Miracles can happen...
...if only in a few areas. I'm using Qwest's FTTN right now, which uses VDSL from the fiber termination to the premises. So it can work. |
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