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Matt
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Re: 768kbps downstream and 200kbps upstream?

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said by Neyland See Profile :

That's not my point. If we're going to throw $7.62 BILLION at something, it should offer something better than 768/200.
That's the great thing about over Government--- it's the best money can buy.
$7.62 billion is nothing folks. Verizon's rollout is running upwards of $28 billion to cover a select few densely populated state with a 65% or so coverage goal. This is rural American we're talking about with vast areas where the population density is as low as 1 person per square mile.

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said by Matt See Profile :

$7.62 billion is nothing folks. Verizon's rollout is running upwards of $28 billion to cover a select few densely populated state with a 65% or so coverage goal.
To put these numbers into perspective there are about 110 million households in the US. Cost to deploy fiber to the premise (FTTP) is about $2000 per household or about $225 billion to provide fiber to everyone.

The goal of the stimulus is to invest in under-served areas and quickly deliver some form of broadband. As others have posted 768 kbps is significantly better then dialup.

/tom

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Where'd you get $2000 per household??? Verizon's cost to deliver FTTH has thus far dropped to significantly below $1000 per household. I guess if you're factoring in the higher cost of delivering to rural areas that would make sense.


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said by sonicmerlin See Profile :

Verizon's cost to deliver FTTH has thus far dropped to significantly below $1000 per household.
Cost to pass + cost to connect is about $1500. Since rural areas are more costly, fewer homes per mile, I arbitrarily increased it to $2000 as an national average.

/tom
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