 fiber_manThings Happen For A ReasonPremium
join:2001-01-27
Port Saint Lucie, FL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Clec's AT&T and Verizon have been deploying fiber to stop the clec's from sharing their networks. That was a problem of the telecom act of 1996. They had to share their copper network but not their fiber network. I have no problem with another company building their own network to serve customers. Good luck placing all of the cables under the roads,railroads,bridges,etc...,dealing with all of the governments for ROWs,easements,permits,etc..
Attaching to the poles?? Not enough space on many of them. How many pole lines do you think the public wants to see. Hell they are bitching about the Vrads,yards being dug up,etc.. all over the country.
44 billion will not go to far after everything else is taken into consideration.
Good Idea just needs more consideration for the networks that are already in place.
Government control is the reason that overseas countries have passed by us.
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RayWPremium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
kudos:1 | said by fiber_man:Government control is the reason that overseas countries have passed by us. Rephrase that to be "laws bought by the commercial enterprises prohibiting the people and their local public entities from building decent infrastructure and service is the reason that some overseas countries have passed by us."
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 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to fiber_man
(agree with everything in your first paragraph)
I personally hate the idea of government control -- but how do we make internet / cable / phone a competition? |
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| How? The government provides one network that can reach every business and user that is managed by only a few (2-4) not-for-profit privately owned companies that are not allowed to provide content on the network or offer incentives for "special tubes" of any kind for those that want to provide content. Their only job is to transparently pass packets and manage/upgrade the network as needed. They are paid by regulated lease fees from any business that wants to serve the consumer at the other end being it serves as an ISP, phone, TV or what have you.
This of course is my personal opinion. |
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| This is by far my favorite solution to the last-mile problem.
I've been saying that this is the way we need to go for a long time. Unfortunately, Washington would have to ignore their Telecom and Cable lobby groups to actually get it passed. The chances of that happening are very low. |
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