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Re: Fiber is DEAD DEAD DEAD said by ATTGUY2:
As for phone service..... I don't even have a home phone anymore. My cell phone gives me every service I could need and I can have it with me wherever I go. No more calling home to check for messages on the answering machine, or racing home to catch that call from the girlfriend, etc...
These companies (cable & phone) had better get on the band wagon... Because maintaining these networks of cable (copper and fiber) in every town and city all across america is getting way too expensive.
Sure. A completely wireless environment. I suppose this will happen right after we enter the "completely paperless environment." Oh, wait...that was supposed to happen already, except someone forgot to fill out the order form in triplicate. Maybe it will happen right after the flying cars are delivered. OOOps, no flying cars, the tollway people made sure of that.
Wireless is an additional tool, an add-on to our existing technology. But the plain and simple truth is it would cost WAY more to abandon the trillions of miles of copper and fiber already in place, just to replace it all with wireless everything. Getting rid of your home telephone line is a leap of faith that many young people are trying. But sooner or later they realize what a mistake placing all your eggs in one basket is. Drop the phone in the toilet while answering that all important call from your girlfriend and you end up with two things, a wet phone and a lot of explaining. Even if the wireless utopia you dream of does come, it wont be for another couple generations, long after those who have grown accustomed to reliability over technology have faded away. Every day the newest greatest thing comes out only to become obsolete in a month. Think about buying a new TV right now, it's as certain as buying a new computer. HDTV? Built in or ready?How about Plasma! OOh,wait...LCD! Forget about it, Im sticking with my 32 inch SONY until it dies and then and ONLY then will I even think about something new. Cell phones are toys, Home telephones are utilities, and have the support and reliability to back it up. Copper and fiber have remained basically the same for years for one reason, stability. Good luck in the wireless wonderland if it ever comes around, but a word of advice, buy a gas powered generator...cuz if you blow a fuse, yer screwed. | | |
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| ATTGUY, what are you smoking? I live in Japan and have a 100Meg FTTH service. FTTH has been around here for a few years, and let me tell you that the only thing that is dying is COPPER, fiber is starting to take off. Fiber is awesome, and will probably stay for years to come. Wireless can complement fiber, not substitute it. Sometimes it helps to look at other countries to see what will happen in the U.S. - such is the case with broadband, and wireless/cell phone etc. I met an American friend of mine a few months ago who was telling me that in his hometown the new 'big thing' was camera phones. Here they were the big thing about 2-3 years ago, I was talking to him about my video cell phone (which has been about since 2002) and how I video-cell-call my girlfriend... lol.
Getting back to the original topic, fiber has already been deployed through gas pipes here in Japan, the company doing it I believe is called USEN. I think they're only in Tokyo or some major area for now, but I heard the service is better than NTT's fiber services (B-FLETS) which is fiber that's on poles... the good thing about the fiber on the poles is that it's everywhere, I mean I live in a rural town with nothing but a bunch of old geezers and I've got FTTH.
Fiber - "If you build it, they will come". LOL ^_^ | |
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