| reply to travelguy
Re: This is what everyone wants... said by travelguy:Dropping a little then, but doesn't change the point. Yes it does. Your estimates are off, as evidenced by the similar cost of rural vs. urban fiber. Urban fiber especially has its own complexities that add to the cost of deployment, due to the cramped nature of the living quarters and the lack of space in general. Rural households almost all live next to the main road, so it simplifies the installation a bit. |
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | You are kidding about that "main road" business, aren't you? I guess you need to define rural America. Missouri has lots and lots of gravel roads. Are those main roads? Heck, I cannot even get AT&T to offer U-Verse and I'm only mile from Interstate 64 in a heavily urbanized area. If they don't want to run fiber to a node at the entrace to the subdivision and stretch revenue out of the tired old copper in our subdivision, how in the world can we justify running a mile of fiber down a gravel road to serve six houses? |
