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Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc
From: "John T. Yocum" <john.yocum () fluidhosting com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:57:12 -0700
On 3/22/2012 3:49 PM, Greg Shepherd wrote:
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:11 PM,<Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:40:27 -0700, Owen DeLong said:Yes, I find it quite "amusing" that I am paying additional fees on all of my telecommunications services to subsidize high speed PON networks in rural bumf*ck while I can't get anything like it in San Jose, California.That's OK, you're all in the same boat - the subsidized users can't get it either. :)So where are these "subsidies" going? I live in rural BFE where most of my neighbors are still dialing in, and the local providers have no $$ incentive to build out here. Greg
I imagine a lot goes into the general maintenance of rural systems. I recall 12 - 15 years ago, on the local news when it was announced a small town got its first phone line. Cost to GTE at the time was said to be 40K to do it, as the town was 20+ miles from the nearest anything.
I've lived in an area where Verizon had to maintain 10 miles of overhead just for 1 SLC that serves 20 homes. Not that the service was any good but, I'm sure the cost was far higher than what the customers were paying.
--John
Current thread:
- Re: Verizon, FiOS, and CLEC/UNE orders (was AT&T diversity), (continued)
- Re: Verizon, FiOS, and CLEC/UNE orders (was AT&T diversity) chris (Mar 22)
- last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Jared Mauch (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) chris (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Jared Mauch (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Keegan Holley (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Jared Mauch (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Owen DeLong (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Owen DeLong (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Greg Shepherd (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc John T. Yocum (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Randy Bush (Mar 22)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc Faisal Imtiaz (Mar 22)
- RE: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc Frank Bulk (Mar 24)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Joe Greco (Mar 23)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Michael Painter (Mar 23)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Matthew Palmer (Mar 23)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc Paul Graydon (Mar 23)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc Owen DeLong (Mar 23)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc Michael Painter (Mar 23)
- Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al) Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 23)