 kleinml
join:2008-04-18
Levittown, PA | Municiple Fiber Tell me If this would work. I am a Municipality and I am considering a Municipal Fiber network. But really what Town wants to run their own fiber network forever. So I build out my network bring everything to central point. Then allow any Cable TV company that wants access to sell to my town. They make the Connection right in my Central Office. After Initial roll outs. once a customer is connect to a Provider that provider contracts for the fiber from the CO to their House. If the customer changes providers the new provider is responsible to maintain. I think that would bring True competition to my Town. Is this a crazy Idea or do you guys think it would work? |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | How does your Town plan to finance the fiber build? How does your Town plan to administer and maintain the infrastructure? What about the rural areas that this article is about? Does your Town plan to invest money in the surrounding farmlands outside of it's municipal limits out of the kindness of its heart?
I think it sounds like a nice Utopian concept, but there are many more details that need to be worked through. |
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walesk
join:2002-01-11
East Greenville, PA | I live in East Greenville PA, inbetween Allentown, Pottstown and Quakertown. FIOS just recently made it all the way up to Green Lane. Where's that? Even more out in the sticks than East Greenville but we are not in the plans any time soon for it according to one of the lcoal Verizon guys I recently spoke to. Comcrap still rules the roost.  |
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kleinml
join:2008-04-18
Levittown, PA | reply to openbox9
I really don't know how any Town plans to finance such a thing. But I keep Reading about Town that want to set up their own FTTH solution and I think why would a town want to get into the Cable TV business. But if they Build it and let all the Cable companies connect into it without Franchies exclusivity you suddenly have True compitition. I want world peace too... so.. your right kinda Utopian LOL. |
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| many states don't have the city franchse law anymore. its done with the states. but its very $$$$$$$$$$$$$ to over build. that's why other provider's will NOT do it. ask RCN why they haven't expanded or even WOW
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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Can't name them off the top of my head, but I know there are several cities who are doing just that. You'll just need to use an active topology.
The problem is that if it's expensive to bring bandwidth into town you won't get very many providers running on the network. Also, count on your current telco/cableco to NOT offer services over the network, but instead drop prices to try to put you out of business.
If you're okay with that, go right on ahead. Do it right, and you'll win. |
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | reply to kleinml
said by kleinml:Tell me If this would work. I am a Municipality and I am considering a Municipal Fiber network. But really what Town wants to run their own fiber network forever. So I build out my network bring everything to central point. Then allow any Cable TV company that wants access to sell to my town. They make the Connection right in my Central Office. After Initial roll outs. once a customer is connect to a Provider that provider contracts for the fiber from the CO to their House. If the customer changes providers the new provider is responsible to maintain. I think that would bring True competition to my Town. Is this a crazy Idea or do you guys think it would work? Sending an RFP out for network management is pretty much going to be the norm for such deployments. After all, very few small municipalities are likely to want to spend for a CCIE, a staff of more junior people, etc. Whether they'd want to lease the physical plant to multiple ISPs is another matter altogether.
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