On Dec 23, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Richard Bennett wrote: > The authors are pretty well convinced that the demand for more wireless > spectrum will be handled by spectral efficiency improvements and deployment > of more towers, they stress the importance of replacing copper with fiber and > microwave in the middle mile, and don't think the telcos are doing the right > things.
I know, watching my local incumbent they are not replacing damaged copper with fiber. I think they must have warehouses of it someplace. I can't imagine that it is good to replace buried copper w/copper during the wintertime. If you're out doing it, might as well *actually* install fiber in the conduit. (Unless it's about unions/job protection for the copper guys). - Jared (not saying unions are bad, but when you operate two assets and have a different union for each, it can limit your potential significantly).
