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BosstonesOwn

join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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reply to Dogfather
Re: Last mile will kill them

Where have you been ? FiOS installs costs are down to $600 and that is just phone and internet install , triple play installs are done to $900.

The fiber train is rolling along for Verizon. The american dollar going down the shitter is going to hurt them and boost costs once they eat through the current stock of gear. But that is expected around august to september. And expected to push costs up roughly $40 per install.
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA
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The average so far has been $1300 ($24B/18M). No doubt those costs are coming down, but it's because the ONTs are getting cheaper and they're using existing coax.

But those saving disappear when you are starting to deploy into rural areas and you have to string or bury hundreds or thousands of fiber-feet between every home unlike typical tract neighborhoods of MDUs.

patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

reply to BosstonesOwn
I've noticed that Verizon is cheapening the install process. They have started using this system »www.corningcablesystems.com/web/···/flexnap

for 1 block long mini-branches (side streets) off of trunk lines rather than the innerduct system they used before. The pre-assembeled fiber also has pigtails already on it waiting for someone to clip the zip ties and plug the pig tail into a FDT, I'm not sure if the FDT will be installed when a customer orders, or later on in the build out process (this area isn't live yet).

BosstonesOwn

join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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cool isn't it ? all this tech is driving down costs.

Personally I love it.

BosstonesOwn

join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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reply to Dogfather
Keyword is average

BTW I am agreeing with ya here. Costs are coming down , cornings flexible fiber and the newer tools are reducing costs at staggering rates.
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA
Those MDUs mean a money tree for VZ.
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