[opendtv] Re: Google Fiber 2.0 targets the city where it will stage its comeback, as AT&T Fiber prepares to go nuclear | ZDNet
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 03:00:55 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
False. Google Fiber 1.0 was only stopped by costs, not legislation.
There was no legislation. There was a highly questionable order by
the FCC, that not only impacted new investments, but opened the door
to government regulation of all kinds of Internet services. The STB
NPRM was very troubling with respect to regulation of video streaming
services.
You seem to be creating your own realities here, but I'm not sure what you're
referring to. The STB NPRM was pointless, and has nothing to do with FTTH costs
that I can think of. And the neutrality mandate has nothing to do with costs of
FTTH deployment either, in case you're referring to that.
This is my reality: Verizon, a couple years ago now, threw in the towel on FiOS
expansion. Before any STB NPRM, and even before the neutrality mandate. News
flash: building out an FTTH infrastructure, from scratch, is EXPENSIVE. There
is no more expensive way of installing broadband, among today's options. So,
ceasing to expand FiOS was *no surprise* to me.
Furthermore, when Google hyped up its big plans for Google Fiber 1.0, I was
wondering what they knew that Verizon didn't know. Many people were gushing all
over this idea. What did Google know? Turns out, nothing!
I know you like to create your government conspiracy theories, but I believe in
Occam's Razor. The simple explanation for all of this is, FTTH is too
expensive, because in any new market, it is a total redo of the last mile! The
most expensive part of the infrastructure!
So, the new news, Craig, is that Google, and also recently AT&T and Verizon,
have acknowledged that fixed wireless was the future. It doesn't much matter
that one could buy a 3G or 4G USB stick, even many years ago. That was not
expected to become *the* answer for home broadband. The emphasis is changing.
The telcos have a new direction they are pursuing. Legislation has nothing to
do with any of this. It's instead costs.
Bert
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