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Re: yea said by Nightfall:
I don't know how many people here have been to Japan, but it is very crowded. You don't get hardly any space to yourself.
"Very crowded" is an understatement. Night clubs in Chicago get very crowded on Friday night...Japan is insanely crowded.
said by Nightfall:
Speaking of deploying fiber, it is very expensive. Some of our company plants have fiber running about 500 feet to other sides of the plant. A 500 foot run of fiber alone is upwards of $2000! The fiber modules can run thousands as well. Even if you get cat5e tranceivers, those are not cheap either. I think our last ones costed us $750 for both ends. Fiber modules are about $750-$1000 for our switches and that is each module.
Exactly....and that was just inside a building. Think of all the costs involved in an outside deployment. Add permits and levies to all that, you are looking at one hell of a price tag!
said by Nightfall:
Maybe they should come up with a deal. If you have fiber running near your house, you can pay up to have it run to your house. Lets say you are 250 feet away. Cost to run the fiber will be $1000, plus you have to pay for the transceivers or fiber modules. Who here would plunk down $2000 up front for fiber to their home plus about $100 a month for service? I might be tempted...but I don't know many home users who would even consider that. Heck, we can't even get normal users to get off dialup when DSL alternatives exist for $27 in their area. :P
You are probably one of the very few that would....
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