| Right On! There are plenty of places where fiber ain't gonna happen. Any technology that can really the push the envelope on the existing copper plant is welcome.
The real question is economic - whether the telcos will seize the opportunity, if there is enough opportunity, and sell the bandwidth at a price agreeable to consumers.
So far, with DSL, they've been fairly competitive, but I think that's mostly thanks to the cable-internet bankruptcies (writing off the $50B investment) and the line-sharing requirements that forced them to resell. With those off the table, I doubt telco will be motivated to price 40mbps for less than $100/month. |
