Monday, September 20, 2004
An FTTH opportunity BellSouth won't take
Tim Horan, a telecom analyst with CIBC, in his "Daily Datatimes, Sept 20, 2004," an email newsletter, says:
(Remember, once there's right of way, almost all of the cost of FTTH is construction cost, and construction of fiber is just about equivalent to construction of copper!)
Suddenly NW Florida (and much of the rest of the "Redneck Riviera") would be the most wired region in the country.
BellSouth Quantifies [Hurricane] Ivan ImpactJust suppose BellSouth replaced all of those copper lines with FTTH.
BellSouth noted that Hurricane Ivan impacted about 425,000 access lines in four of the hardest-hit states. Topping the list was Florida, where 156,700 customer lines in its northwest network area were affected by the storm, representing 47% of the lines in the area. Other states impacted by the storm include Alabama (145,700 customer lines or 8% of lines in the state), Georgia (87,000 customer lines), and Mississippi (about 38,000 lines).
(Remember, once there's right of way, almost all of the cost of FTTH is construction cost, and construction of fiber is just about equivalent to construction of copper!)
Suddenly NW Florida (and much of the rest of the "Redneck Riviera") would be the most wired region in the country.
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