From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   news:lp2589$rng$1@dont-email.me...   
   > On 02-Jul-14 13:48, conklin wrote:   
   >> "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   >> news:lp1g5u$796$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>> The US has a very large installed base of copper, unlike   
   >>> developing countries, and a lower population density than other   
   >>> developed countries, which makes switching to fiber more costly.   
   >>   
   >> Only if fiber optic is used only for POTS.   
   >   
   > That doesn't affect the _cost_ of the conversion at all.   
   >   
   >> The phone company can then begin to sell TV and Internet, which can   
   >> raise my bill from $30 a month to $160, including, of course HBO.   
   >   
   > That only needs FTTN, not FTTH.   
      
      
      
   What it does need is fiber optic, not copper.   
      
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