Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:06:06 -0600 (CST) From: Tony Kimball <alk@Think.COM> To: michael@memra.com Cc: isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bang bang bang bang - lame lame lame lame Message-ID: <199611141706.LAA21098@compound.Think.COM> References: <199611131751.LAA23456@brasil.moneng.mei.com> <Pine.BSI.3.93.961113104401.9259D-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
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Quoth Michael Dillon on Wed, 13 November: : > > What if I put fiber on the : > > poles, and dropped into people's homes.... : > > ...microwave myself back to the real world to connect to : > > the net... : : If you have no experience with outside plant and your investors have less : than $10 million dollars, then forget this idea. That is blowing smoke. How much capital you need depends entirely upon how many sites and their physical distribution, and the local right-of-way conditions. (Where I live, right-of-way is community property, and is free for the taking, if you can get a city council permit -- and anyone who isn't threatening the resource can do so, in practice.) I run fiber to the local school district to supply my own home Internet. If I can do it profitably for personal use, an ISP can certainly do this profitably in the correct market, where maintenance is amortized over the customer base.home | help
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