Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

[Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe <lb () 6by7 net>]

Thank you Baldur.  I also operate an owned and designed FTTH network, as well as global carrier networks.  

If you look at this from first principles, glass fiber optical cable is cheap.  PVC/HDPE seething is also cheap.   
Underground space is cheap.  

Construction, regulation, compliance, and financing are hard.

The latter are all human-caused.  There’s nothing fundamental here stopping us.  

So, we have a duty to proceed.

-LB

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> On Jun 1, 2021, at 2:40 AM, Baldur Norddahl <baldur.norddahl () gmail com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 2:27 AM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net <mailto:nanog () ics-il net>> wrote:
> No one's paying me anything except 15 years of practical experience building last mile networks for myself and my 
> clients. I'd imagine that while a larger percentage than most venues, a minority of the people on this list build 
> last mile networks. Even fewer do so with their own money.
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> I have a fiber network where I offer gigabit bidirectional to the home.
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> Few people have any sort of grasp of the cost and complexity of building what they want.
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> Raising the the minimal definitions for everyone to what power users expect is a foolish venture.
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> Since you also replied to some of my comments, I will say that I am the founder of a last mile FTTH provider in the 
> greater Copenhagen, Denmark area with thousands of customers. All built for our own money with zero subsidies to 
> customers that would pay good money to upgrade from DSL. I planned, designed and built everything from the network, 
> the outdoor plant, the method we use to dig (directional drilling mostly), which pipes to use, what cable etc. Also 
> marketing, sales and funds raising - in short: everything. We did this from nothing to a company with more than 100 
> employees today.
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> I claim to know the cost and complexity better than most.
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> I'm just trying to connect some of you to reality.
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> I could say the same. But maybe our reality differs. You seem to be very hung up on what minimums are needed to do a 
> certain job. But that simply is not it. If a person believes his internet is slow, then it is slow, no matter what 
> some experts think would be enough for that persons needs. That means he will buy my offering even though he probably 
> already has VDSL with speeds faster than what you propose. It also means he will consider the available options when 
> weighting pros and cons of a new home.
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> Here in Denmark we have a problem that people are moving away from rural areas and to the bigger cities. There are 
> many reasons for this, but one often quoted reason is the lack of good internet.
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> Good internet in Denmark is 1000 Mbps for less than USD $50 per month. But I accept that 100 Mbps at a somewhat 
> higher price point is probably a fine speed for rural US, where distances are huge and alternative solutions, such as 
> fixed wireless, may need to be part of the solution. Or maybe Starlink is the solution.
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> Regards,
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> Baldur