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The U.S. Desperately Needs a “Fiber for All” Plan
- maxxxxx 8y agoPersonally I think going wireless even for home connections is better. Digging ditches for fiber is a lot of work for something most people don’t need.
- BubRoss 8y agoDitches are already dug in neighborhoods for cable. It is something that can be done by one person with a shovel. It is a lot of work, but in two hours one person can dig a shallow ditch 100 yards or more. This is how cable is run through neighborhoods without poles.
- Fjolsvith 8y agoWho said that fiber had to be in the ground? Besides, after living with my fttp ( in rural western Kansas! ), you could not pay me to live somewhere without fiber. Anytime I need more bandwidth, all I have to do is make a phone call. Also, we've never, in the last six years, had an outage or slowdown in service.
- benbenolson 8y agoWhy? Even my small, middle-class suburban neighborhood has AT&T fiber: it's cheap, fast, reliable, and available in most places where people would be interested in such a fast connection. What's the issue?
- BubRoss 8y agoFast and reliable internet is the goal, no need to dictate the method. DOCSIS 3.1 with 32 channels can already go over gigabit speeds (down).