cyrus369
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| reply to DaSneaky1D
Re: So, DSL is the Great Broadband Hope
said by DaSneaky1D  :
Fiber to each and every home will not become an option for mass consumption any time soon. For that to happen, Telco's will need to change nearly their entire infrastructure. Who cares what Verizon is doing. Are they doing it in your neighborhood...and how long will it be until they do.
same thing i have been saying for months, but im sure the people that swear verizon dug up thier neighborhood will probably respond. i dont see fiber taking over on a large level for years and years to come, i mean they cannot dig up every street in a few years now can they? and what about $$$$$$$$ for permits and all the equipment that the cheap consumer are not willing to pay for nor will they want to pay too much for the installation or be locked into a contract.
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Richmond, VA | Cavtel is supposed to have it soon in some markets as soon as hardware is in place I hear. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| reply to cyrus369
said by cyrus369 :
said by DaSneaky1D :
Fiber to each and every home will not become an option for mass consumption any time soon. For that to happen, Telco's will need to change nearly their entire infrastructure. Who cares what Verizon is doing. Are they doing it in your neighborhood...and how long will it be until they do.
same thing i have been saying for months, but im sure the people that swear verizon dug up thier neighborhood will probably respond. i dont see fiber taking over on a large level for years and years to come, i mean they cannot dig up every street in a few years now can they? and what about $$$$$$$$ for permits and all the equipment that the cheap consumer are not willing to pay for nor will they want to pay too much for the installation or be locked into a contract.
Think about something for a moment here.
Verizon has tons of customers. Their profits are being plunked into this fiber. The cost is estimated at $2,000 per customer. Not every one in an area will get the product.
So even if they wire up all the cities and force all the phones over to fiber instead of coper they will make hand over fist leasing the copper off to other providers of dsl and such.
Now remember that they have had 90 + years to pay off the copper they laid. Fiber will be the same. Tons of time to pay it off. Stop looking at what is now and think about a future.
Verizon is working hard to deploy fiber but they can not simply roll out to your house because your you. It don't work like that. They will test it and figure out ways to bring down the cost of install and deployments. When they do they will be doing 3 x the installs at a faster and cheaper rate.
They don't bury all the fiber. Just like your copper it's strung on a pole where the equivalent of a node is hung, which then drops a band of light just for you to your little NID where you jack in and get your phone/tv/net. It is not as expensive as you think to string fiber on poles.
The labor is the most expensive part and if the contractors keep up by cutting each others throats like they are, and lowering costs to get more work it will get even cheaper.
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cyrus369
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| believe what you want, and i think the bulk of copper was laid in the 50's and 60's but i could be wrong. we wont see fiber on a large scale for a long time.
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BosstonesOwn
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| said by cyrus369 :
believe what you want, and i think the bulk of copper was laid in the 50's and 60's but i could be wrong. we wont see fiber on a large scale for a long time.
Depends on how they get the costs down if it becomes a $300 install like dsl then it will certainly become very easy once the major work is done.
The cable companies did this very procedure with their fiber to the node operations and it didn't take them long. It will happen with in 7 to 10 years. Technology as a whole has dictated that this is the future and if any of the companies wish to survive they have to get the ball rolling or they will be left behind.
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