-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Abley Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:11 PM To: Roland Dobbins Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Building high-capacity access to the home is sooner or later going to involve fibre, which is going to necessitate truck roll and digging. There's a high cost associated with that, which means there's a significant competitive disadvantage to anybody doing it in order to compete with DSL/CATV folks whose last mile costs are sunk and were paid for long ago. Residential customers are notoriously price- sensitive and low-yield. [Mills, Charles] Probably sooner in this case. Verizon is already rolling out fiber to the home (FIOS) in the Pittsburgh area. Massive truck rolls...lots of glass being strung. Chuck Charles L. Mills Senior Network Engineer Access Data Corporation / Pittsburgh, PA 15238 cmills@accessdc.com / http://www.accessdc.com Hosting, Colocation, D-R and Managed Services