 MrMoodyFree range slavePremium
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | reply to sonicmerlin
Re: % of Population vs % of Geography said by sonicmerlin:Uhh...no. Australia's spending upwards of $5000/household to roll fiber out to 93% of its population. Compare that with Verizon's sub $1500/household FIOS project. The AU fiber is crisscrossing the entire country and reaching even remote areas, which was key to Labor gaining voter support for the project. Your cynicism is misplaced, and your arrogance is a bit annoying. Who pissed in your cornflakes? I said nothing about the project and your attribution of arrogance is mistaken. I merely made a guess about population distribution and stated it as such.
Verizon hasn't covered anywhere near 93% of the customers in their territory, despite much of it (i.e. the northeast corridor) being relatively high density. $5000 per household is still not that bad, I would pay $5000 to get fiber service to my door. You can easily spend that remodeling a bathroom.
You might be surprised to hear that I actually think that building infrastructure for commerce is one of the few things the government should be doing, as opposed to corruption and stupidity like occupying foreign countries, warring on victimless crimes and bailing out or giving legislative advantage to crony banks, insurance companies and casino markets.
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