<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Bob Kline<<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The average cost to run a twisted pair today<br>
> is about $2,000. But it's a long term investment,<br>
> and the phone or cable companies could<br>
> amortise the cost over 20 years or more. A<br>
> fiber could be retrofitted for that much, on<br>
> average, and less in many cases.<br>
<br>
</div>Twisted pair 20 years ago was cat 3. Amortizing the cost of a cat 3<br>
line in 2009 would be a waste. Even amortizing the cost of a 100+<br>
pair bundle more than five years is silly, considering the high risk<br>
of loss of capital due to back hoe fade and the like.<br>
<font color="#888888"></font><br></blockquote><div>Probably true. But the infrastructure is <br>largely there to implement fiber to the home.<br>Even outfits like Comcast and AT&T already<br>run fiber much of the way.<br>
<br>Of course Comcast would figure out some way<br>to screw it up. One really wants Verizon, but <br>that's nowhere on the horizon. That I know of,<br>FiOS tiers are 25, 50, and 100 Mbps, and the <br>prices are pretty nominal compared to what <br>
one gets from Comcast. $35 a month for 25 Mbps<br>I believe.<br><br> -- Bob<br> </div></div>