Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband

[Robert Enger - NANOG <nanog () enger us>]

CON:  active devices in the OSP.


On 8/26/2009 12:06 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
> jim deleskie wrote:
> > I agree we should all be telling the FCC that broadband is fiber to
> > the home.  If we spend all kinds of $$ to build a 1.5M/s connection to
> > homes, it's outdated before we even finish.
>
> I disagree. I much prefer fiber to the curb with copper to the home. 
> Of course, I haven't had a need for 100mb/s to the house which I can 
> do on copper, much less need for gigabit.
>
> Pro's for copper from curb:
>
> 1) power over copper for POTS
> 2) Majority of cuts occur on customer drops and copper is more 
> resilient to splicing by any monkey.
>
> Jack