 DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | The only way 'cause it's simply too expensive (at this point) to deploy to very remote homes.
At least those users would have something in the near(er) term. Advanced DSL is good for better than 25Mb and AT&T is talking bonded DSL for even better speeds. Of course it will never be as good as true FTTP but they would finally have an option other than cable. |
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 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | said by Dogfather:'cause it's simply too expensive (at this point) to deploy to very remote homes. At least those users would have something in the near(er) term. Advanced DSL is good for better than 25Mb and AT&T is talking bonded DSL for even better speeds. Of course it will never be as good as true FTTP but they would finally have an option other than cable. today yes...in three years who knows...I am betting they want to hedge their bets and even today it would be cheaper to decom the copper and install all fiber just in the electrical costs alone if only they would be allowed to scrap the copper and recycle it.... |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Dogfather
said by Dogfather:'cause it's simply too expensive (at this point) to deploy to very remote homes. Then why do they have copper POTS? If someone can afford to maintain copper POTS for decades and replace it every 2-3 decades, they can afford fiber. |
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DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
1 edit | I didn't know they replace copper every 2-3 decades. I don't know anyone who had ever had their copper replaced and have never seen Verizon do it. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by Dogfather:I didn't know they replace copper every 2-3 decades. I don't know anyone who had ever had their copper replaced and have never seen Verizon do it. Trunk lines do get replaced every couple decades. At former bed and breakfast, until the 1960s there was a party line for the property shared with the rest of the road, when my friend bought the property and ordered phone service, personal lines were now available and the party lines were grandfathered around that time. The trunk line there today looks less than 20 years old, shiny plastic trunk line, and 3M branded plastic splice cases. In NYC in my neighborhood, some areas have new looking plastic trunk lines, and older white fabric trunk lines, and also there are ancient western electric metal splice cases, and plastic splice cases. Pairs die inside trunk lines over time, at a certain point, you'll have to replace the trunk line or you'll have to deny lines or install simple pair gain devices to have lines, and even pair gains will stop working if you run out of pairs. |
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