Thanks for the pointers, Mikael. unfortunately, my Swedish is not much better than my Japanese... But it is a good start and I am sure I will find some sort of English description somewhere.
I should have been a bit more explicit in my question: I am not concerned on the routing of the last mile, sewer, trenching, etc. That is a solved problem for these projects. The big questions for me is PON vs active and, if PON, what are the details: prisms in the CO vs prisms in the field, which xPON to use, etc. How is splicing and interconnection done, etc. thanks! Fletcher On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Fletcher Kittredge wrote: > > Pricing aside, do you feel the Japanese have a good architecture for the >> last mile? Would it adapt well from an environment that is mostly >> multi-dwelling units (MDU) to one which is mostly single-dwelling units? Any >> thoughts on good places to start for an english language speaker to learn >> about the Japanese broadband experience? >> > > You might look into what's being done in Sweden then, here there are > municipality networks who dig up the streets and does fiber to the > individual house in "suburbia" (you have to trench your own land though, 4dm > deep, 1-2dm wide, they only dig in the street put down the pipe in your > trench). > > Common cost for the house owner to get this done is in the 2-4kUSD range > per house, then you can choose between multiple ISPs to purchase your bw > from. 100/100 (symmetric speed) seems to cost 40 USD per month, 10/10 is > 5-10 USD/month cheaper. > > I've been trying to run the text thru google translate, but the web magic > seems to prohibit this from working. > > If someone can figure it out better than me, the URL is here (in swedish): > > <http://www.sollentunaenergi.se/bredband/ansl_villor.asp> > > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se > -- Fletcher Kittredge GWI 8 Pomerleau Street Biddeford, ME 04005-9457 207-602-1134
