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-ve
rizon-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 ecsis.net
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