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Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy Goo
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Grand Rapids, MI |  More Fiber
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rawgerz
In Debt we trust
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
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April 26th, @03:06PM
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cdigioia
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join:2005-06-08
korea, repub
 ·Korea Telecom
·Qwest.net
| Re: More Fiber 648,000 divided by (300 million people / 2.5 people a household) for .5% of homes added in the last 6 monthes?
Also, the article says 4 million homes, (3.3%-ish of total) have been "passed" by fiber total. Does "passed" means it's actually available for someone to purchase, or something less stringent? | |
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AMDUSER
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join:2003-05-28
Earth
clubs: | Most of the new fiber is Verizons FTTP expansion.
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GlenQuagmire
Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy Goo
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join:2004-02-16
Grand Rapids, MI | I would like to see SBC laying cable in my neighborhood. OH! | |
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Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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| Re: More Fiber said by GlenQuagmire  :I would like to see SBC laying cable in my neighborhood. OH! Huh, you and me both. Although, the "county" is laying fiber for the camera's at stop lights. UGH! All that fiber for that. But I couldn't imagine laying all that, spending all the money for traffic cameras, guess we will see  | |
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GlenQuagmire
Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy Goo
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join:2004-02-16
Grand Rapids, MI | Re: Take at least 10 yrs to get to more than 50% of homes 10 years is a liberal estimate. I could see it taking 15 - 20 years to get to 50% penetration. | |
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dadkins
Go For It
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Thing to remember... ... ALOT of these FTTH places are getting Symetrical!  | |
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BuriedCaesar
It's Not Polite To Stare.
join:2004-03-27
Richardson, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Yahoo
| My FTTH Experience I recounted my experience moving into a new home in a FTTH community - Richardson, TX - here:
»Review of AT&T Yahoo by BuriedCaesar
While it happened in late 2004, AFAIK none of the communication structures between the various companies I had to deal with have changed. I called it "Fiber to the Curb" because that is how it was described to me at the time.
Despite the installation frustrations and other comments about the whole experience, I'm pleased to say that I have had rock-solid service and not a single interruption of internet service since then.
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That was preposterous! Utter Nonsense! Totally unsupportable drivel! You can't be serious!....Um, what did you say? | |
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Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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| Re: My FTTH Experience said by BuriedCaesar :I recounted my experience moving into a new home in a FTTH community - Richardson, TX - here: »Review of AT&T Yahoo by BuriedCaesarWhile it happened in late 2004, AFAIK none of the communication structures between the various companies I had to deal with have changed. I called it "Fiber to the Curb" because that is how it was described to me at the time. Despite the installation frustrations and other comments about the whole experience, I'm pleased to say that I have had rock-solid service and not a single interruption of internet service since then. I don't see anything about fiber and only dsl? | |
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Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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| Re: My FTTH Experience said by BuriedCaesar :said by Cheese :I don't see anything about fiber and only dsl?
You are correct, I have a DSL connection with SBCYahoo, but what I was told by the players involved in my experience was that the city installed fiber, and this story confirmed that. However, in my case, I'm paying for a DSL modem connection inside the house with separate wiring from my POTS service from the pole outside in alley, so I guess my original assertion in my review was correct - I only have "Fiber to the Curb" and not all the way into my "Home". I'm still not sure I completely understand the whole setup myself since I got into the big middle of it all 18 months ago, but it works. Gotcha  | |
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vdog
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH | Data Correct? Some of the cities in Ohio that are listed do not even have FTTH or even FTTN. Especially Sherwood, OH which is a village and Fostoria and Tiffin as well.
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
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April 26th, @04:34PM
| Re: Data Correct? It is the TIA, so I'd assume fiber to one guy in some basement probably counts as "served" so they can justify deregulation with largely inflated progress....
FTTH likewise is a bunch of providers and hardware vendors selling gear, with a vested interest in pleasing stockholders.
As someone notes above, it's really a very, very small part of the country that has fiber...sad considering even our densest cities still have DSL gaps.... | |
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ME
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Toledo, OH
 ·buckeye cable
| Re: Data Correct? See the thing is though that Sherwood Ohio is the phone company and the City. They don't even really believe in DSL let alone installing Fiber for anyone. Which is also a Co-Op provider. I had family that lived there and I did as well for a summer and the DSL they offer for $40 is lucky if it gets over 128k up and down. That's why I question it. | |
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Jigsaw
Stardust We Are
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join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH
·Cox HSI
| How Future Proof is Fiber?What im saying is how long till something else comes along?I know it can offer a Large Pipe but if a 10 to 20 year build-out to just 50% of the people will take that long who is to say something else don't come along and make even fiber look like DSL in that time.
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SterlingJ85
Obama 2008
join:2000-11-19
Millville, NJ | Re: Data Correct? Pretty damn future proof.
We're still coming up with ways to fit more and more in a single fiber strand... and fiber powers the worlds data/voice networks. It'll be around for a long long time to come. It will definitely outlast POTS. | |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | Hopefully soon... fios will reach my town, been waiting awhile now. | |
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happenstance
@cox.net | Re: Hopefully soon... You and me both. I'm in NJ--Verizon's home state--and still don't have access. | |
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Nextstep
join:2003-05-10
Beaumont, CA
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April 27th, @01:09AM
| Fiber is not what I thought it would be, Regret it. I have 3.0mb symmetrical fiber to the home, actually the entire new home development does.
Since its a community build out, its included in our home owners association fee. So I cant get Verizon FIOS which is faster and better.
Also this small time CLEC has restrictions like crazy.
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successorfailure
@verizon.net
| Year over year... Is this a failure or success? You'd think they'd wait until a rounded figure would come up like 1,000 communities.. but no,
deadlines are deadlines. Oh well, I guess we'll wait until
we get until 1872 communities served nextime..
good luck on those deployments... cable companies are working hard to meet the limp tens of megabits they need to compete and are catching up... with docsis 2.0 technology might I add, which is 'in network already' | |
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936 Communities Served By Fiber
Re: More Fiber
Take at least 10 yrs to get to more than 50% of homes