[Info-vax] US Broadband

[JF Mezei]

On 15-03-06 13:36, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> This is true, but usually not relevant in rural areas where FTTP is many
> years in the distant future.

Actually, FTTP enables rural service far more than DSL.  one OLT card
can serve 32 homes which stretch over 10km. (think farms with large
distance between homes).


What politicians see at the lobbyists who argue that rural is expensive
difficult etc, because they try to convince governments to give
subsidies for rural deployment.


Yes, you string more cable per home in rural vs urban. But you also need
fewer municipal permits (a fair cost in the equation). And because fibre
costs less to maintain and lasts longer, your yearly maintenance costs
are lower, and when you have more cable per home served, that factors
into the equation as well.