[opendtv] Re: WiFi Supplanting Broadcasting? Get Real!

  • From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:52:05 -0400

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?

 
 
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