From: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2024 1:29:00 PM
Subject: Re: New home builders without wires

About 20% of new home construction is owner-financed ("Custom" homes). The
builder will add essentially any "commercially reasonable" options the
owner is willing to pay for.  But even the rich can't fix broadband access
beyond their property line.

About 80% of new home construction is builder-financed ("Tract" or "Spec"
homes).  Builders have a fixed menu of construction options.  A "Smart
Home" seems to mean a Ring doorbell and Nest thermostat. The neighborhood
infrastructure is usually the minimum required by building code. In many
states, there is essentially no minimum outside of city limits.

About 1% is Ultra-Rich home construction.  As one builder described it
"The Laws of Physics don't apply to these homes."

I looked up the top 10 broadband network provider CEO's home addresses
(don't worry, I'm not posting a list of CEO home addresses). Some have
several houses, so I chose one of their residential addresses near their
corporate HQ -- assuming Return-to-Office means they commute to their
corporate HQ.

Eight out of the top 10 broadband CEO's homes had 10 Gbps service
available, and all had at least 1 Gbps service available at the home
address nearest their HQ according to the FCC Broadband Map. I didn't
check apparent secondary/vacation homes.