On 14-12-02 21:16, Owen DeLong wrote:
Depends on your desired outcome and goals. However…
Context: Canadian incumbents deny to the regulator that they have intentions to turn off copper. (but to shareholders, openly say they will shut it donw, howveer, they plan only to shutdown active equipment and leave copper in the poles. Their fibre is hung off the same steel support line as copper). One reason is that by pretending that copper is here to stay and is competitive, they hope to convicne CRTC that mandating wholesale access to FTTP is not necessary.
it makes more sense to explain to regulators why maintaining copper once sufficient FTTP adoption is complete is foolhearty and a waste of money.
Yeah, that is the way I am spinning it. (hey, I learn about spin from the best - the canadian incumbents :-)
If you’re trying to preserve access to dry copper for some reason,
I am the only one in the whole proceeding who is advocating for the earliest possible widthdrawal fo copper. The earlier they can remove irt, the easier it is for them to justify the investment, and the less reasons they have for preventing access to FTTP. The confirmation from someone else in the thread that Comcast stops selling access to copper once FTTP is up is a good point to make. I am up on Thursday morning. Am second to last to speak, so hopefully I can make a good impression. (this is for round two, first round finished today).