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From: "Benny Amorsen" <benny+usenet@amorsen.dk>
I'm not *trying* to do the last thing.
I'm trying to do the next thing. Or maybe the one after that.
The existing copper network was in many cases built like a star with some very long runs. This worked fine for telephony, but not so well with ADSL. The result is that providers move their active equipment closer to the subscriber.
Well, it worked poorly with ADSL *because* it actually worked poorly with voice, and they had to put load coils in to fix it.
Is there a risk that up-and-coming technologies will depend on shorter fiber runs? Will the fiber be built in such a way that it joins up in places where it is possible to later add active equipment if that becomes desirable?
I think that risk low enough to take it, especially since my entire city fits in about a 3mi radius. :-) No, I expect ranges to get *longer* per constant dollar spent, actually. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274