iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| reply to sonicmerlin
Re: Feds will deal to get the big ISPs on board Also, considering you can get a decent wireless radio and antenna setup now for under $200 (Ubiquiti Bullet M) wireless distribution isn't so bad for areas that would cost $20k per customer to roll fiber to. At that point, it'd be unwise for government to spend that kind of money, and there isn't even enough ROI for telephone cooperatives, see
»www.businessweek.com/technology/···ge_2.htm |
| Except that in many areas no wireless is going to work well. If you have hills, trees, valleys, your cost to deliver wireless goes up substantially. Also, wireless does not support higher-end services that are needed by the businesses and institutions in many of these rural areas (unless you really start spending money), so building wireless infrastructure doesn't result in revenues for them to offset the costs to the residents and SOHOs. If you look at the long-term economic effects and the fact that the wireless will have to be replaced many times over the 50-100 year life of fiber to keep up with demand, it's a simple decision. Take the bite, go for the long-term and pay off the infrastructure over some 30 years. But, you have to include the larger institutional users (which gets right in the shorts of the telcos). Makes you want to just jump in and do this, doesn't it? |
