I bought a new house in a new sub-division and you'd think the cable company would be running a (dark) fiber pair along with the coax to each home, just for good measure, but they aren't. Pretty short sighted, me thinks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Why isn't fiber to the home more successful? I realize it takes time > but over the last century we have pretty much taken water, sewer, > electric, gas, phone, and cable to most homes. It would seem fiber > would be the next choice to supply huge bandwidths to fixed locations. > Does wireless have some other advantage over just fast installation? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.