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Michael,
The RBOC's are already starting to put fiber to the home (FTTH). Verizon and SBC are doing it in So Cal right now. I was just involved in a trial in Irvine that we wired about ten people with fiber. You are correct about the cost of placing fiber in a brownfield but the new tracts is where it should really take off. I know SBC is also going to start rolling out fiber to the node (FTTN), which will bring fiber much closer to the home. Granted it will still be twisted pair to the home the speeds should still be up into the 20 m/bits. I predict within 7-10 years there won't be anymore class 5 switches in the network.
Pete
edit: sorry guys a little too fast with the fingers. It is 20 m/bits per second.
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Last edited by PeteT; 01-18-2005 at 06:52 AM..
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