Municipal fiber done right...

[droz037]

Someone was using their brain.....

Now to get the rest of the country to do this...

http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... g-a-mouse/

[Guest]

I forsee lawsuits filed by ILECs claiming unfair advantage, government waste, etc., etc., etc.

[droz037]

always one person to see the negative....

[Guest]

You must be new. These lawsuits have always been filed by incumbent telecom/cable companies.

[virtualmike]

Not to mention the millions of $s paid by communications companies to the legislators on their payrolls, to attempt to prevent local governments from competing against them. In many states, it works.

[droz037]

I've been in the technology business since about 1994


Basically what they've done is what the FCC has mandated cell phone companies do. Let customers take their number to any carrier.

It's also in essence the same as what DSL companies do now. You just cross connect at the CO to someone else's DSLAM

Yeah there's always someone who wants to stop something like this.

But the idea is brilliant. Some day, probably in the distant future, this will be how networking to the home will be.

[blackmage]

I don't know how well this will actually work. They mention connecting an unmentioned amount of businesses without raising taxes, but I don't think the same can be said about the 4,500 homes they plan on setting up. Also, it depends on how much the city charges. They already mentioned charging interested users $10-15 a month, plus a $16.50 a month utility. However, that $30 a month does not include any pricing from your ISP. I am going to assume the city is also going to charge ISPs a decent chunk to connect their equipment to those Fiber lines. In the end, who knows if the Fiber is even going to be affordable (and we are talking Fiber that is probably capped, so not even a 1Gbp/s)