Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 4:37 PM Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:

> On 6/6/22 12:00 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> > is gatekeeping what users MIGHT do, and/or deciding based on corner
> > cases helpful to this discussion?
> > (this isn't meant as a note directly to dorn, just a convenient place
> > to interject)
> >
> > Aside from planning based on a formula like Jason Livingood's plan...
> > OR based on build/deploy/upgrade costs into pricing.
> > most of the rest of the conversation here sounds like gatekeeping:
> >   "Well, who needs that anyway?"
>
>
> One takeaway for me on this thread is that once you've installed fiber
> the difference in cost between 1G and 100M is not very big if at all.
> That makes a good case for just doing it for future proofing.
probably true, but also docsis seems perfectly happy to do 1gbps (or more,
see atl comcast deployments of ~10 yrs ago?)
I expect that because of design things in cable plants you need 'moar
headends', but.... ok.