qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA
 ·DSL EXTREME
·Brand X Internet
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Vonage
4 edits | Bandwidth costs practically NOTHING!
All you need to make bandwidth is CPU horsepower and a little electricity. What costs the most is to TRANSPORT bandwidth. In some ways it's like the Coke bottle and transportation to the store costing Coca-Cola more then the liquid inside. Transporting large amounts of bandwidth is DIRT CHEAP if you use fiber. Distribution of massive amounts of bandwidth via coax or copper is not efficient. Cable's problem is that they got greedy, and instead of upgrading their infrastructure, instead spent all their money buying each other out. NOW they are screwed-their plants are basically obsolete-and they are now squeezing the consumer. Problem is, in the competition limited RIGGED marketplace that our wonderful Bush controlled FCC has given us (now many DECADES will it take to undo his incompetance, graft and greed?), most of us have have but one alternative broadband competitor-and many have none. |
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benc
Premium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
·Charter Pipeline
·Future Nine Corpor..
·Callcentric
·AT&T Midwest
| Then it appears the question is, how much does it really cost to roll out FTTH to every home in the U.S.?
How about homes within 100 miles of a metro area (with 1M+ pop.)?
How about homes within 50 miles of a metro area?
And how about using those USF funds to pay for this? Or how about a 1% federal sales tax to finance this? However, I'm somewhat loathe to suggest more taxes, since it will undoubtedly be hard to remove or reduce the tax later.
As for having only one broadband choice, I know exactly what you mean. For me it's cable. At least in some ways it's better than having only DSL as a choice, since you'd be limited to 6.0M/768k. Believe it or not, I once met a fellow who said that DSL was his only choice. If he wanted TV he'd have to use Dish or something. |
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Filiberto
@telnor.net
| said by benc  :And how about using those USF funds to pay for this? If you didn't heard the USF Fund is a waste of Taxpayers money, as the mone never reaches the proyects the Telcos/Cable Companies say the would invest in.
At least not compleatly |
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