Good points!
I'll add another.
THe article talks about the need for 10 GB service by ~2030...
Why?
There is a major trend line with the Internet...when speeds and data caps
increase, existing services move from data hogs to mainstream applications.
Look what has happened with music streaming; it is now "noise level" when it
comes to consuming our wireless broadband data limits.
The same thing is starting to happen with video. We are not there yet in terms
of total reliance on the Internet for our TV fixes, but we're getting close
with fixed ISP services now raising the speeds and data caps.
I think Bert and I would agree that by 2030 any barriers to streaming as much
TV as we can stand while mobile or at home will be eliminated.
So what are we going to use 10 GBS service for?
Augmented reality?
UHDTV video conferencing?
Photo realistic video games?
At some point it won't matter for most consumers...
Regards
Craig
On Feb 6, 2017, at 11:10 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't entirely buy his arguments for FTTH.
First, the latency with satellite is going to be greater than it is with
fiber, but the latency of fiber compared with terrestrial wireless is about
the same. In fact, whatever little these stupid numbers mean (and they don't
mean much), 5G is touting "1 msec" of latency. At least as good as fiber.
The other supposed advantage of fiber over wireless is future-proof-ness. Not
very convincing, when you take into account that every upgrade to that fiber
PON requires lots of manual labor. To improve a household's bandwidth means
reducing the span of each PON, most of the time, or might even require
changing out the type of fiber used to reach homes.
And then there's the other side of the coin. A really great advantage of
wireless, on those occasions where the system doesn't work, you don't have to
wait for those "be at home from 8 AM to 8 PM" appointments with the
technician. Especially if the scheme is designed to facilitate
troubleshooting by the owner, to make sure his receiver is working right. To
me, that's a big advantage.
Bert
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