Hi Bernard, Steve, All,
>I think his earlier thesis that local loop architectures for cable/DSL/wireless would converge is correct.<
Don't tell anyone on either the Last Mile or ATHM thread that I said so (forsooth!), but my current liaison with FTTH is only a ruse. In actuality, it's an initial negotiating position for the same end-game goals I stated previously. As if you didn't know.
This should not rule out, however, the use of fiber to the home in all instances. It is my belief that fiber will find its way to the structure, increasingly, when plastic snap-on connectorization and polymeric fiber becomes spectrum-robust and cost-effective enough.
It's an interesting discussion piece, in any event, and paints an ideal set of circumstances. By overstating the reach requirements of the fiber directly onto the side of the house and into the den, I may be able to back off a bit at some point and get it to within shooting distance, i.e., the pedestal. Instead of a major neighborhood node location serving 5,000 users or even 500 users.
Then, one of the other techs you mentioned can take over and deliver the payload. <s>
Regards, Frank Coluccio |
