Should Cable Just Run Fiber to the Home? → Fiber may be the answer, but must it go all the way?

Fiber is clearly the leader in capacity today, but what about a hybrid technology which uses Fiber to the Pole (FTTPol?) and then dispenses with the expensive "drop" to the home by using 802.11g Wi-Fi or something similar--perhaps a regulated band that would avoid interference concerns?

With just a bit of current carrying cable included with the fiber, you could centralize the power source for the wireless APs to greater or lesser degrees, avoiding the "millions of batteries" problems mentioned elsewhere.

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Even to the node would be a start.

Cracks me up how somebody ALWAYS can be seeing a wireless solution be an answer to any problem.

It's good to see different ideas, but still gives me the chuckles.