On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
The bottom line is that at a certain point there are a limited number times you can put a wire to everyone's house into the ground. Cable modems only make sense because the cable TV customer base to justify the build. At some point in the future we might actually come up with a workable IP over powerline technology, but again that will only make sense because of the existing customer base that wants electricity.
802.16 is starting to sound promising -- the first certified "WiMAX" gear is starting to get rolled out right about now. Still a little bit of time away for general deployment, but certainly eliminates the wiring requirement. -- -- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com> <todd@vierling.name>