[Info-vax] US Broadband

[JF Mezei]

On 15-03-04 14:54, Robert A. Brooks wrote:

> Below are a few pointers to relevant info regarding our project.

Thank you very much. There is even a Berkman Center study on your town's
project. Berkman is a "standard" when it comes to broadband and wireless
studies used to combat incumbent propaganada at various regulatory
bodies around the world.

Question:

Why active ethernet istead of GPON ?  It means 32 times more lasers in
your POP. There are some advantages to having a fibre from each home to
the POP and a port for each home, but it is costlier to deploy and to
run (electricity and heat from all those extra lasers matters).

I take it your town's system will connect to internet trasit providers
in Boston ? Or are your backbone links to New York's 60 Broad exchange ?


It is great to see that some people will be able to get services without
the incumbents meddling and trying to hinder development.

beware however that once the town starts to distribute TV signals, it
gets into a conflict of interest with internet putting downward pressure
on TV distribution revenus. (I think TV distribution is called MVPD in
USA, it is BDU in Canada (Broadcasting Distribution Undertaking)