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To: NDBFREE who wrote (6688)7/5/2003 2:21:24 PM
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re: "what do readers see as the problem(s) with the RBOC ...from delivering "up to 15 Mbps" over copper to each of the "many subscribers"?

Loop lengths in the US are much longer than most of the rest of the world, and the way the copper is physically routed, and small bundles near the homes are combined into medium bundles a few thousand feet back, then into large bundles several thousand additional feet back, makes it impractical to insert active equipments anywhere but many, many thousands of feet away from the homes (unless both new copper and new fiber, as well as new electrical power is installed, which isn't likely).

The spread-out nature of US single family detached homes, compared to the aggregated nature of multi-tenant homes in many large population centers elsewhere in the world, makes the US "permanantly disadvantaged" compared to those other countries (assuming of course that you believe RBOC broadband has some key significance, going forward)
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