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Now if only we could get FTTH
(old news - 09:50AM Friday Dec 08 2006)
tags: business · stats · world
Broadband stat-farm Point Topic's latest data suggests that globally, the cost of fiber-to-the-home is dropping as its popularity is rising. The average cost of a fiber line per month dropped 12% to around $28.10, according to the company. The average monthly cost worldwide for a DSL line is $25, while the average monthly cost for cable broadband is $30. "Cable modem is certainly losing its price competitiveness," states Point-Topic researcher Vince Chook. All that's left now is the minute detail of people in the States actually getting FTTH.

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cableties
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·Verizon FIOS

Tell this to the shareholders...

'the pipes' are going to make money!

Dark fiber lit isn't just for your colon!



So, does this mean Verizon will drop it's pricing? (don't answer that, we already know the answer and it's not yes)
permalink · 2006-12-08 09:54:17 · Reply to this
tmc8080

join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY

one thing at a time..

first get it deployed... ftth simply isn't as deployed a technology as dsl or cablemodems. the economics of ftth while not a silver bullet for telcos (pricing and availability are still KING), this is something to bring to shareholders, saying the cost to deploy will be NO MORE expensive than rival cablecos docsis 2.0 / 3.0 deployments. time to strike with a new round of ftth deployments, while the weather cooperates (ie no snow on the ground this late into December in the northeast and atlantic states?!)
permalink · 2006-12-08 10:42:23 · Reply to this
SD6

join:2005-03-26

not US

Those numbers are worldwide, not US. I don't think the cost of FTTH has dropped in the US.
permalink · 2006-12-08 10:44:19 · Reply to this

GOLFnSUN
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Cost isn't necessarily dropping; marketing price is

»FTTH Getting Cheaper
Broadband stat-farm Point Topic's latest data suggests that globally, the cost of fiber-to-the-home is dropping as its popularity is rising. The average cost of a fiber line per month dropped 12% to around $28.10, according to the company.
The report didn't say cost was going down faster for fiber than for DSL or cable. What they did say was that the price charged customers was dropping. And that is not the same thing. All the report says is that the sellers of DSL and Cable aren't dropping their rates to customers as fast as fiber is. And that can mean that DSL and Cable are just making bigger profits on their services.

»www.point-topic.com/content/dsla···mark.htm
A significant price reduction for FTTx services worldwide

According to the report, FTTx tariffs went down 12 per cent to US$28.1, 3 per cent lower than the average monthly rental for cable modem services.
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permalink · 2006-12-08 11:53:34 · Print · Reply to this

tschmidt
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Milford, NH
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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
permalink · 2006-12-08 20:23:14 · Print · Reply to this
Estragon

join:2003-06-20
Greenville, NH
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So deliver already!

The price of FTTH is irrelevant -- no one will deliver service to my house.

For that matter, the price of cable modem is also irrelevant -- no one will deliver service to my house.

And the price of DSL is also irrelevant -- no one will deliver service to my house.

Who cares about the price when you can't buy it!

permalink · 2006-12-08 12:46:03 · Print · Reply to this
Nuts

join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH

Re: So deliver already!

Amen
permalink · 2006-12-08 14:07:38 · Reply to this

PolarBear
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join:2005-01-03		 I second that.
permalink · 2006-12-08 16:40:45 · Reply to this

dfgdhd

@optonline.net

monthly rental?

what do they mean the "monthly rental" of a fiber line is $28.10? does that mean if a third party was to operate over an existing fiber network it would cost that much? or how much it costs to maintain a month? rental implies the company owning the lines is making all the money
permalink · 2006-12-08 14:12:38 · Reply to this
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