Comments on: Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home Network

By: Verizon Tests Near-Gigabit Speeds in Massachusetts

Verizon Tests Near-Gigabit Speeds in Massachusetts — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:45:59 +0000

[...] remote storage, as well as wireless backhaul for the next generation of wireless technologies, will all require fatter pipes. Verizon’s 1 Gbps test was conducted using Motorola gear and required a change inside [...]

By: Sports Will Drive 3-D Adoption and Broadband Upgrades

Sports Will Drive 3-D Adoption and Broadband Upgrades — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:01:49 +0000

[...] which is thinking even farther ahead, has told me that true holographic 3-D might require 100Mbps to deliver and estimates that delivering 3-D video over broadband pipes takes 1.8 [...]

By: Verizon Tests 10 Gbps to the Home. Yeah, You’ll Have to Share – GigaOM

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:53:52 +0000

[...] executive director of access technologies at Verizon, who originally told us about these tests, explained what people might do with such blazing web connections, which mostly involves better video [...]

By: Can We Kill Off Copper Next Decade? – GigaOM

Can We Kill Off Copper Next Decade? – GigaOM — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:55:15 +0000

[...] network to the home are the problem, as that limits the overall speed and products one can offer. Consumers increasingly expect fatter pipes into their homes for services such as 3-D television, telepresence and to-be-discovered services, but copper is [...]

By: Can We Kill Off Copper Next Decade? – GigaOM

Can We Kill Off Copper Next Decade? – GigaOM — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:55:15 +0000

By: Brett Glass

Brett Glass — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:08:03 +0000

Stacey, your story is filled with language that falsely ascribes malice to ISPs. ISPs are not interested in "punishing" users who consume a lot of bandwidth; we merely need to recover the cost of that bandwidth. That's only fair. Bandwidth isn't free, you know; in fact, in our ISP's case it is quite expensive.

It is also fundamentally incorrect to state that fiber to the home is necessary. Remember, fiber is nothing but wireless in a tube -- a tube that's extremely costly both to buy and to bury in the ground. Wireless can easily satisfy users' bandwidth needs.

By: kyl3

kyl3 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:36 +0000

poor money, always getting poured out and never flowing to the poor

By: Gregg Smith

Gregg Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:52:30 +0000

It’s hard for me to make a business case for FTTH for my board (rural service provider) if the FCC is seriously considering open access rules. Many didn’t apply for stimulus money for that reason. Why invest our own if we have to compete with our own network?

By: TimB

TimB — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:37:26 +0000

Where do you see a defense of Verizon above? You’re right that bandwidth is finite, but it is far higher with fiber than coax or twisted-pair copper – no matter who owns the cabling.

By: Neil Patel - KISSmetrics | Crazyegg | ACS - Interview at BlogAdda

Neil Patel - KISSmetrics | Crazyegg | ACS - Interview at BlogAdda — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:39:22 +0000

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By: David Garganta

David Garganta — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:15:12 +0000

Stacey, if you believe Verizon doesn’t have potential network capacity issues you have been spun hard. All networks have choke points. Yes, FiOS has a ton of freakin’capacity but ultimately there is a finite amount of bandwidth that is available to any given neighborhood or groups of homes.