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Sadly this is an ideas that has failed many times in the past, and often run by companies that are outright scams. Over half the cost in wiring a house with fi
by cavisne 5y ago
Sadly this is an ideas that has failed many times in the past, and often run by companies that are outright scams.
Over half the cost in wiring a house with fiber is between the curb and the house.
- hattmall 5y agoThis would just be for the backhaul lines. Not going into the house. They could even do 5g micro sites to get it into the home.
- Thlom 5y agoMy town was “fiberized” twice. First by the local power company around 15 years ago. They laid the cable in the streets and then each house had to get their cable from the street and to the house wall (or they could pay a good chunk of money to have the power company do it). A couple of years ago the power company made a huge mistake when they changed TV-solution provider. The new TV-box was so shitty that the old provider started a new fiber company and gave every resident a deal they could not say no to so now most houses have two fiber cables into their house. Anyway, my point was that you can outsource the curb-to-house stretch to the home owners.
- jeltz 5y agoAnd this is why my city only owns the fibers under the streets and lets private companies rent them to provide TV and Internet. That means all building owners can deicide whuch ISP to use snd if one starts sucking they can switch.