Internet access in Japan (was Re: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets)

Wed Oct 24 13:07:39 UTC 2007

In the future, people are not going to believe that we permitted this  
to happen.

Coming soon: your plumbing will be disconnected. But never fear:
an Evian vending machine will delivered to every deserving household...

TV

On Oct 24, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Larry Smith wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 October 2007 05:36, Henry Yen wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 09:20:49AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote:
>>> Why are no major us builders installing FTTH today?  Greenfield  
>>> should
>>> be the easiest, and major builders like Pulte, Centex and the like
>>> should be eager to offer it; but don't.
>>
>> Well, Verizon seems to be making heavy bets on replacing significant
>> chunks of old copper plant with FTTH.  Here's a recent FiOS  
>> announcement:
>>
>>   Linkname: Verizon discovers symmetry, offers 20/20 symmetrical FiOS
>> service URL:
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071023-verizon-discovers- 
>> symmetry-of
>> fers-2020-symmetrical-fios-service.html
>
>  While probably more "good" than "bad", it is my understanding that  
> when
> Verizon (and others) provide FTTH (fiber to the home) they "cut" or
> physically disconnect all other connections to that residence.....   
> so much
> for any "choice"...
>
> -- 
> Larry Smith
> SysAd ECSIS.NET
> sysad at ecsis.net