Muni fiber: L1 or L2?

Tue Feb 12 00:23:52 UTC 2013

Nearly all of the industries you mentioned below receive some type of
local or federal/government funding. If I was going to build some kind of
access network, I would be banging on the .gov door asking for grants and
low interest loans to help roll out broadband to remote areas. My former
employer was given a TON of money (upwards of 80MM) to run Fiber across a
body of water and into a microwave ring for distribution to some of the
most remote customers in the world.

I think that if this type of project gained any amount of traction, you
would be given a check from a giant and told to enjoy your life on the
beach. Just my .02 though.

On 2/11/13 4:16 PM, "Masataka Ohta" <mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
wrote:

>Scott Helms wrote:
>
>> IMO if you can't pay
>> for the initial build quickly and run it efficiently then your chances
>>of
>> long term success are very low.
>
>That is not a business model for infrastructure such as gas,
>electricity, CATV, water and fiber network, all of which
>need long term planning and investments.
>
>Anyway, as SS is less expensive than PON, there is no reason to
>insist on PON.
>
>						Masataka Ohta
>
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