UK Fiber Optice to every Home
BBC NEWS Technology 'Tough choices' for UK broadband
We are not even talking about it.
If the capital expenditure is too high for government, how about letting the home owner buy a bit of the investment. Each owner might install the fiber from their home to the street and to one or two neighbor's houses, thus installing a mesh along with the optic modem. Finance 100% of the investment as an add-on to the home mortgage.
The added value to the house would exceed the amount of the investment.
In this small fishing village in Alaska, we are limited to 750 k symmetrical both up and down. Rural distribution will be a problem. If Google gets their hands on abandoned TV spectrum the wireless option may still be viable. --- That is, if we can bring the FCC out of the stone age.
We are not even talking about it.
If the capital expenditure is too high for government, how about letting the home owner buy a bit of the investment. Each owner might install the fiber from their home to the street and to one or two neighbor's houses, thus installing a mesh along with the optic modem. Finance 100% of the investment as an add-on to the home mortgage.
The added value to the house would exceed the amount of the investment.
In this small fishing village in Alaska, we are limited to 750 k symmetrical both up and down. Rural distribution will be a problem. If Google gets their hands on abandoned TV spectrum the wireless option may still be viable. --- That is, if we can bring the FCC out of the stone age.
posted by Clancy Hughes | 9/07/2008 09:36:00 PM
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