On 12/24/2010 1:39 AM, William Allen Simpson wrote:
On 12/23/10 12:27 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
I was poking around to see what the current received wisdom was as to average install cost per building for suburban municipal home-run fiber, and ran across this article, which discusses the topic, and itemizes several large such deployments that "failed" or had to be sold private.
I'd be interested to see what comments nanogers have on this piece. I'm not well enough read to critically evaluate the guy's assertions.
http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/03/why-municipal-fiber-has-not-succeeded/
Always consider the source.
Didn't we just have a George Ou cite that was debunked on this list? Subject: RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions
Reminder: ITIF is an ultra-conservative, anti-government outfit: http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2009-November/015552.html
http://www.itif.org/content/about-us They are a wonk tank in DC. They have totally transparent funding and if you want to see it check their SEC and public filings. Todd
ITIF doesn't give out information about its funding, which usually means it's industry lobbyist funded. Apparently in this case, big cable and probably big telco.