Muni broadband sucks (was: New minimum speed for US broadband connections)

Thu Jun 3 15:59:44 UTC 2021

On Fri, 4 Jun 2021, Masataka Ohta wrote:

> As cabling cost is mostly independent of the number of cores in a cable, 
> as long as enough number of cores for single star are provided, which 
> means core cost is mostly cabling cost divided by number of subscribers, 
> single star does not cost so much.
>
> Then, PON, needing large closures for splitters and lengthy drop
> cables from the closures, costs a lot cancelling small cost of
> using dedicated cores of single star.
>
> On the other hand, if PON is assumed and the number of cores in a
> cable is small, core cost for single star will be large and only
> one PON operator with the largest share (shortest drop cable from
> closures to, e.g. 8 customers) can survive, resulting in monopoly.

My experience is that people can prove either active-e or pon is the 
cheapest by changing the in-parameters of the calculation. There are valid 
concerns/advantages with both and there is no one-size-fits-all.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se