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To: elmatador who wrote (5268)	3/20/2002 12:07:31 PM
From: ftth	Respond to of 46821

Yeah, VDSL, FTTCab, sure. It's about 90% of the work that is required for FTTH, and FTTH equipment is now cheaper for much higher data rate and future expandability. Check this out: Qwest's VDSL data offering in Phoenix: 256 kbps for $35; 1Mb for $45. qwest.com and Qwest's VDSL data offering in Omaha: 3 Mbps for $40. qwest.com Hmmm, how come bits are so much cheaper in the corn belt. Then they offer video (digital TV) for 32-40 bucks a month. Looking at just the bits on the wire, this is about 18Mbps peak, for $32-40 per month. How come the video "bits" are so much cheaper than the data "bits?" Especially considering that about 33% of the cost of a video bit has to be fed back to hollywood/content providers. If you base the costs they charge on the video transport and work backwards, assuming bit costs are linear, they should be providing 1Mbps data service for $1.48 per month!