WhatNow
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join:2009-05-06
Charlotte, NC
| It's not free
Let's see $200k for a rural fiber fed RT with copper out that may service less then 200 homes of which some will not order the service and some have a hard time just paying the cheapest landline bill. That does not leave a lot of customers to have a positive ROI.
The only system that will really work in a rural environment is fiber to the house. In some areas even if you put a RT at he end of their driveway the house would be out of limits for anything but 1 to 2 meg speed. The quickest way would be through some wireless setup for a slow verses no connection until you could build the the fiber network. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| How long of a driveway are you talking about? Have a half--mile driveway back in Sisterdale, TX and that's not too big of a deal even for DSL. Sure it'll turn 12k feet to 15k feet, but it doesn't put broadband out of the question.
As to FTTH, it should be used instead of copper line maintenance. If the lines can hold a decent POTS signal and the phone company doesn't want to upgrade, Motorola Canopy, Alvarion BreezeAccess (cheapish) or WiMAX (expensive-ish) are options worth considering. |
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tdouglas22
join:2001-09-25
Memphis, TN
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It's not going to be free and I don't think many would expect it to be. However, at some point, profit needs to take a back seat to service. I have no problem with companies making money and I think it's a good thing, but when so many services and products lose quality simply because of the extra money needed to keep the product up to optimal levels, then we have a big issue. |
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