tschmidt
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2 edits | reply to GOLFnSUN
Re: Cost isn't necessarily dropping; marketing price is
Exactly - what providers would prefer is if FTTP install costs go down while service pricing remain constant.
The good news about FTTP is it is capable of delivering tremendous speed. This allows the provider to offer higher speed without having to invest in new first-mile-facilities facilities.
Trunking capacity is only loosely related to speed. Usage drives trunking more then speed. For example downloading the occasional file at 50Mbps is less demanding then watching YouTube all day at 250kbps.
From what I've read Verizon has very aggressive FTTP cost goals and they are meeting most of them. The down side is taking much longer then expected to roll out video triple play service so that revenue is lower then expected. That is probably only a short term set back.
/Tom |
