13 Feb
2013
13 Feb
'13
10:07 a.m.
On 13 February 2013 12:34, Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com> wrote:
Using the UK as a model for US and Canadian deployments is a fallacy.
I don't believe anyone was looking at the UK model? But now that you mention it the UK has a rather interesting model for fibre deployment, a significant portion of the country has "fibre optic broadband" avaliable from multiple providers. BT Openreach (and others on their infrastructure) offer "Fibre Optic Broadband" over twisted pair, and VirginMedia offer "Fibre Optic Broadband" over coax. The UKs 'just pretend it's fibre' deployment method is cheaper than both PON and SS. Only requirement is that you have a regulator that doesn't care when companies flat out lie to customers. - Mike