markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Its not just about net access with fiber
Fiber has more advantages than disadvantages. The telcos in the US WANT a all fiber network, but when they have such a huge investment in copper its not a overnight thing to change.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but one reason Japan can do this (besides being smaller) is because the change from copper to fiber IS a lot less and technical, unlike the US.
Think about it, we have telephone lines that run ALL the way across the US, one area out west has the same line for almost 5 states straight! Replace that with fiber? yah that's gonna take a lot of time.  |
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X_Digit
Binary Enhanced
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join:2003-06-12
Mansfield, TX
| Um, like MANY people... my local cable company provides my broadband. Right now, I'm capped at 3Mbps/256Kbps. This isn't even CLOSE to the maximum potential of cable; therefore, it's not just a matter of rolling out fiber.
Remember, this isn't "The United States of America" any longer... it's now "The United States of American, Inc." This nation is run by business for business (with a phuck "The People" attitude). As long as we're forking over $40 - $50 per month for the crap they give us now (and they make us feel that we should be thankful for the speed we have even now), then there's NO WAY we're getting the latest in broadband technologies ANYWHERE! |
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X_Digit
Binary Enhanced
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join:2003-06-12
Mansfield, TX
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Um, like MANY people... my local cable company provides my broadband. Right now, I'm capped at 3Mbps/256Kbps. This isn't even CLOSE to the maximum potential of cable; therefore, it's not just a matter of rolling out fiber.
Remember, this isn't "The United States of America" any longer... it's now "The United States of America, Inc." This nation is run by businesses for businesses (with a f#@k "The People" attitude). As long as we're forking over $40 - $50 per month for the crap they give us now (and they make us feel that we should be thankful for the speed we have even now), then there's NO WAY we're getting the latest in broadband technologies ANYWHERE! |
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P Ness
You'Ve Forgotten 9-11 Already
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join:2001-08-29
Mineola, NY
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| god just get out of iraq and we would have 250b to play with over the next year!! i would rather broadband it instead of iraq....
then again fiber might be 20th on the list for the 250b
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join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| said by P Ness  :then again fiber might be 20th on the list for the 250b Indeed that would be the case... Paying down the deficit might be a better place to start. 
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b_zen
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join:2002-07-24
Saint Louis, MO
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said by markopoleo :yah that's gonna take a lot of time. No, but it will take $50/foot |
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