Joel Esler wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jack Bates<jba...@brightok.net> wrote:
jim deleskie wrote:
I agree we should all be telling the FCC that broadband is fiber to
the home.  If we spend all kinds of $$ to build a 1.5M/s connection to
homes, it's outdated before we even finish.
I disagree. I much prefer fiber to the curb with copper to the home. Of
course, I haven't had a need for 100mb/s to the house which I can do on
copper, much less need for gigabit.

Pro's for copper from curb:

1) power over copper for POTS
2) Majority of cuts occur on customer drops and copper is more resilient to
splicing by any monkey.

I have fiber to the home.  I can't imagine going back to "cable
modems" now.  eww..


The problem that the FCC faces is making a realistic definition that can apply to the whole US and not just cities. How does fiber (home or curb) figure in the rural sections of the country?

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