Bill to Require Fiber Optic Cable Friendly Highway Construction

Post by powertower » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 3:11 AM UTC

9999 wrote: post #18

dkokelley wrote: post #17

I'm more interested in last-mile solutions. Where I live has abysmal internet service. In fact, DSL was unavailable in our neighborhood until after cable made its appearance. I'm willing to pay for a decent, business-class solution for internet service, as our consumer package craps out every month or so. However, the top business-class package for our cable provider is only 10/2, and that would run north of $300/mon…

Verizon has all but abandoned their FIOS deployments. I wish there were more companies like Sonic doing fiber deployments in high density cities. I assume that isn't happening because of the Telco/Cable duopoly that controls easement rights in almost every city.

Post by pyre » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 7:49 AM UTC

politician wrote: post #3

Isn't there still a bunch of unlit fiber in the ground from the first tech bubble? Isn't the main problem getting fiber to the household (i.e. the last mile)? If I understand this correctly, this legislation sounds like it might have been useful a decade ago.

Post by count » Sat, Jul 30, 2011, 4:34 AM UTC

dkokelley wrote: post #24

count wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All the relatively cheap installs are done. Running fiber is expensive .

If I owned a home, I would seriously consider paying for that fiber. As far as I know, there are no providers that will let a private party run their own fiber.