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| Thread ID: 92588 | 2008-08-15 21:16:00 | Is FTTH a good idea? | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
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| 697544 | 2008-08-15 21:16:00 | I just stumbled upon this article by Rod Drury: www.nbr.co.nz What are your thoughts/comments? |
somebody (208) | ||
| 697545 | 2008-08-15 22:48:00 | This guy's had his thinking cap on . He is spot on with this: There is another major economic issue with the FTTH model . Households have a maximum amount of monthly spend on information and entertainment services . A pity that Telecom and Vodafone don't seem to understand this, especially as regards mobile broadband (which they seem to believe only includes cellphone email and browsing) . . . :groan: and this: Can households afford both services delivered over Sky and a new content services over a broadband internet connection? Eventually television is likely to be delivered through the IP network . It is unlikely that FTTH can be achieved without the television industry being part of the mix . But he does take the altruistic path, seeming to want the international links upgraded ahead of the 'last mile' . While I can certainly see the logic of this, there is little benefit (to home consumers) in making international links superfast because then the last mile becomes the bottleneck . And we'll still be stuck in the 1980's (as much as I liked the hairdo's!) . . . |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 697546 | 2008-08-15 23:26:00 | While I can certainly see the logic of this, there is little benefit (to home consumers) in making international links superfast because then the last mile becomes the bottleneck . The fact that the "internet experience" slows down as the schools empty and the number of users spikes upwards shows that the last mile isn't the worst bottleneck for 60-70% of users . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 697547 | 2008-08-16 00:54:00 | Likewise a few minutes on speedtest.net will demonstrate that local traffic goes hard (relative to what our lines can transmit) while international traffic is a slow crawl. I'd be quite happy with crappy old ADSL if it ran as it should, At the very least I should get what I'm paying for. Sadly, This is not the case, But I sure as hell won't be spending more money in the future, $40-$50 max. |
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