cableties
Premium
join:2005-01-27
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Tell this to the shareholders...
'the pipes' are going to make money!
Dark fiber lit isn't just for your colon!
So, does this mean Verizon will drop it's pricing? (don't answer that, we already know the answer and it's not yes) |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| one thing at a time..
first get it deployed... ftth simply isn't as deployed a technology as dsl or cablemodems. the economics of ftth while not a silver bullet for telcos (pricing and availability are still KING), this is something to bring to shareholders, saying the cost to deploy will be NO MORE expensive than rival cablecos docsis 2.0 / 3.0 deployments. time to strike with a new round of ftth deployments, while the weather cooperates (ie no snow on the ground this late into December in the northeast and atlantic states?!) |
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SD6
join:2005-03-26 | not US
Those numbers are worldwide, not US. I don't think the cost of FTTH has dropped in the US. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
1 edit |  Cost isn't necessarily dropping; marketing price is
»FTTH Getting CheaperBroadband stat-farm Point Topic's latest data suggests that globally, the cost of fiber-to-the-home is dropping as its popularity is rising. The average cost of a fiber line per month dropped 12% to around $28.10, according to the company. The report didn't say cost was going down faster for fiber than for DSL or cable. What they did say was that the price charged customers was dropping. And that is not the same thing. All the report says is that the sellers of DSL and Cable aren't dropping their rates to customers as fast as fiber is. And that can mean that DSL and Cable are just making bigger profits on their services.
»www.point-topic.com/content/dsla···mark.htm
A significant price reduction for FTTx services worldwide
According to the report, FTTx tariffs went down 12 per cent to US$28.1, 3 per cent lower than the average monthly rental for cable modem services. --
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Estragon
join:2003-06-20
Greenville, NH
 ·Fairpoint Communic..
·MV Communications,..
|  So deliver already!
The price of FTTH is irrelevant -- no one will deliver service to my house. 
For that matter, the price of cable modem is also irrelevant -- no one will deliver service to my house.
And the price of DSL is also irrelevant -- no one will deliver service to my house.
Who cares about the price when you can't buy it!
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Nuts
join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH | Amen |
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dfgdhd
@optonline.net
| monthly rental?
what do they mean the "monthly rental" of a fiber line is $28.10? does that mean if a third party was to operate over an existing fiber network it would cost that much? or how much it costs to maintain a month? rental implies the company owning the lines is making all the money |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | reply to Estragon
Re: So deliver already!
I second that. |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
 ·Hollis Hosting
·Verizon Online DSL
·Fairpoint Communic..
2 edits | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Cost isn't necessarily dropping; marketing price is
Exactly - what providers would prefer is if FTTP install costs go down while service pricing remain constant.
The good news about FTTP is it is capable of delivering tremendous speed. This allows the provider to offer higher speed without having to invest in new first-mile-facilities facilities.
Trunking capacity is only loosely related to speed. Usage drives trunking more then speed. For example downloading the occasional file at 50Mbps is less demanding then watching YouTube all day at 250kbps.
From what I've read Verizon has very aggressive FTTP cost goals and they are meeting most of them. The down side is taking much longer then expected to roll out video triple play service so that revenue is lower then expected. That is probably only a short term set back.
/Tom |
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