You want 400 megabits per subscriber to call them adequately covered? What are you smoking and where can I get some?
Ok, that was doubly my fault. First fault was brain farting the B vs b (I know the difference yet still made the error, doh!), second fault was scope creeping somewhat the needed rate. A 50Mbps rate would be nice though, even higher if possible. The thing is, whatever wired solution that would get employed would essentially be EOL'd once it was put in. It'd be the last wired solution any of these folks would see. Hence, whatever gets put in needs to be implemented with the future timeframe it needs to cover in mind. Things like 2 people doing VPN + video stream, 3D quadHD at compression rates that don't cut into video quality, etc. are going to require high levels of stability and speed. I'd rather spend the Billions the Gov is taking from our telecomm bills building, once, that will support that, rather than keeping analog phone going.
When I say "wireless", I'm not talking about cellular wireless. That's old news and isn't appropriate for a fixed-configuration subscriber model. Wireless costs for equipment are going way down. Like I said, I can put up a microcell for about $300 and a full-blown sectored site for about $2000 (less the cost of tower space). That's pretty damn cheap.
OK, that was where I was confusing things. I was thinking you were saying consumer cell was going to get us to being able to support things like the above in my reply.
Contrast that with $15k PER MILE to extend wireline services (fiber). Yes, it'd be great<snip...>
Expensive, Yes, but long term worth it given the consumer opportunities it opens up, along with education (not just for kids), access, and allowance of abandoning cities? How much would it cost to cover all but the most insane rural runs? $30B? $40B? Seems like a cheap major one time cost that from an infrastructure perspective solves basically all telecomm related issues going forward, at least for as long as the infrastructure lasts.
If the wireless technologies you're talking about were made more dense could they up the speeds?
Chuck
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