[opendtv] Re: WiFi Supplanting Broadcasting? Get Real!

  • From: Mike Enright <menright1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 13:01:18 -0700

If I'm a forward-looking cable co., how much do I earn on this 
investment over the next 3 years?

John Golitsis wrote:

>I bought a new house in a new sub-division and you'd think the cable company
>would be running a (dark) fiber pair along with the coax to each home, just for
>good measure, but they aren't.  Pretty short sighted, me thinks.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>Why isn't fiber to the home more successful?  I realize it takes time
>>but over the last century we have pretty much taken water, sewer,
>>electric, gas, phone, and cable to most homes.  It would seem fiber
>>would be the next choice to supply huge bandwidths to fixed locations.
>>  Does wireless have some other advantage over just fast installation?
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