 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Offer An Option I wonder if Verizon would be willing to allow for subscribers to simply pay them to run fiber to their homes? If anything, that would solve the profitability question and there probably are more than a few people who would take Verizon up on such an offer.
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| interesting idea, but i'm not sure if i would want to pay them to fiber because fiber isn't exactly cheap. there is also the whole legal issue of who 'owns' the fiber from your house to the node. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102:I wonder if Verizon would be willing to allow for subscribers to simply pay them to run fiber to their homes? If anything, that would solve the profitability question and there probably are more than a few people who would take Verizon up on such an offer. I think you underestimate the cost of deploying FTTH to a specific home. Very few would be willing to pay the cost, which would likely be in the 5 digit range. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102:I wonder if Verizon would be willing to allow for subscribers to simply pay them to run fiber to their homes? If anything, that would solve the profitability question and there probably are more than a few people who would take Verizon up on such an offer. No way in hell will Govt allow that (people wiring up poles themselves). |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | reply to dynodb
said by dynodb:I think you underestimate the cost of deploying FTTH to a specific home. Very few would be willing to pay the cost, which would likely be in the 5 digit range. And it isn't like there are no rich people who live in the middle of nowhere. I am pretty certain that if this option is offered, some would avail themselves of it.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | That would be OC-x service. It is offered if you're will to pay for it. |
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OwlSaverOwlSaverPremium
join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA Reviews:
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| OC-x only provides data and business class phone service. It would be interesting if Verizon would support provisioning OC-x with POTS or Video. I am sure the engineering for that is too complicated to support a few users. But, you never know.
Many businesses have flat screen tv's these days. Most are satellite. Verizon may be able to milk some more money from their Video infrastructure if they could provision it on OC-x lines. |
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