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>putting fiber into a village with ~300 residents , half of whom are over 65 Actually, that's probably a no brainer as well. A village of 300 can't cost _that_
by officemonkey 14y ago
>putting fiber into a village with ~300 residents , half of whom are over 65
Actually, that's probably a no brainer as well. A village of 300 can't cost _that_ much, and improving network connectivity to a small town means that town becomes more attractive to the people who will be inheriting and buying the homes once the 65-year olds shuffle off this mortal coil.
Also, don't knock seniors. My 77-year old father blogs daily and my 71-year old mother spends a lot of her time playing with her new iPad mini. They live in a small town with new fiber.
- walshemj 14y agoIt can cost a metric fuckton of money. When I worked up in scotland for BT the press officer for Scotland told me a story about how BT had miscalculated the cost of providing service to a very remote location and ended up having to pay around £200,000 to provide service to one property.
- officemonkey 14y agoActually, that's not a bad price, considering that they get to use the outlier every time they need to justify not providing service to remote customers.
- walshemj 14y agoWell it was over the max allowed for providing service - normally they hit the government up for subsidy to provide service to the highlands and islands.