Government intervention - see Federal-Aid Highway Act, Rural Electrification Act, etc.
Ray > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Vest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 08:12 > To: Jorge Amodio > Cc: nanog@nanog.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SPAM] Re: So why don't US citizens get this? > > Sort of makes one wonder how the US came to have ubiquitous roads, or > power, or water distribution... > > TV > > On Jul 28, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: > > > Lets put aside for a moment the conspiracy theories of government > > intervention and > > the telcos evil doing, IMHO there is a simple reason why I don't > > have fiber > > going > > to my house: geography & economics. > > > > Japan: > > - area = 377,873 Km^2 > > - density = 337/Km^2 > > - pop = 127.5 mill > > > > USA:: > > - area = 9,826,630 Km^2 > > - density = 31/Km^2 > > - pop = 304.7 mill > > > > I belive there are just few major cities in the US that have a > > comparable or > > higher > > concentration of people like other large cities around the world. > > > > I'd bet that if you deploy fiber in a given radious in a suburban > > area in > > Japan you > > may reach hundreds or thousands of potential customers, do the same > > a little > > bit > > north from where I live and you will reach a dozen guys, 50 cows and > a > > couple of > > hundred chickens. > > > > The US is so spread out that anything to do with transportation, > being > > people, > > packages, or ip packets becomes quite costly. > > > > Still I beleve is interesting to analyze why the US is lagging > > behind on > > high speed > > services. > > > > My .02 > >
