Verizon has been listening to nanog.

Wed Oct 24 14:37:33 UTC 2007

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:58:13AM -0400, Henry Yen wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:29:54AM -0400, Joe Maimon wrote:
> > > On 10/23/07, Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > >>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-10-23-verizon-fios-plan_N.htm
> > >>
> > >>20 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, fully symmetrical for $65.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > That's pretty sweet, now all they have to do is start laying the fiber
> > > over here...
> > 
> > And stop ripping out copper.
> 
> Now that I've gotten caught up on my inbox, perhaps this apropos article
> will be viewed as more timely for this list than my earlier outburst:
> 
>  http://www.beskerming.com/commentary/2007/10/24/292/PhD_Student_Claims_200x_Improvement_for_Copper_Broadband
> 
> (there's also a link in the article WRT to the Verizon issue of
> copper XOR fiber.)

	The question here is always DISTANCE, and the plant topology.

	I live close to fiber, but due to the way the boundaries are
drawn, I can't just go to the closest CO, I need to go to the one that
is 50k feet away.  If they can do even 10Mb/s at a distance greater than
5 miles it's a welcome innovation.  If it requires 350Mhz capable copper,
only works up to 1k feet, etc..  then i'd much rather have a conduit with
fiber appear nearby.

	Perhaps the neighboring Verizon plant will extend into the currently
legacy SBC area, but I can only dream...

	Time to do my own build-out.

	- Jared

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