Post starts with a non-question followed by a question mark? This map is a map of the USA. Underground electrical service is extremely rare in rural areas of

Post starts with a non-question followed by a question mark? This map is a map of the USA. Underground electrical service is extremely rare in rural areas of the USA. We have these things called utility poles. And we use them. On what planet do GPON prisms cost more than switches? The whole reason it got popular was that it was even cheaper than active optical. Here's a 32-way prism for $14: https://www.fs.com/products/11528.html https://www.fs.com/products/11528.html . That's under $0.50/customer. You pay a bit more for the weatherproof enclosure for it that mounts on a pole. Frankly, GPON is for losers. 144-count ADSS is so cheap now it's stupid to build GPON/EPON/BPON these days. Most of central Washington State (Grant County) has a dedicated strand of fiber to each household -- it's future-proof. Just do it. GPON is a scam by large telcos who are afraid that unless they have the whole neighborhood sharing something (i.e. a fiber) they'll be forced to let each customer choose a different provider for that customer's strand. I predict that we will see stupid telcos keep rolling out GPON even after it becomes way more expensive than dedicated dark fiber. It's greed and bamboozlement. Bamboozlers gonna bamboozle.