From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   news:lp3jnq$mf9$1@dont-email.me...   
   > On 03-Jul-14 06:39, conklin wrote:   
   >>   
   >> "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   >> news:lp2589$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.   
   >   
   > You have no clue what you're talking about.   
   >   
   > _Both_ involve fiber.   
   >   
    Just like I said.  And the copper is irrelevant.  I expect to have fiber   
   directly into the house, replacing all the copper, even that built into the   
   walls throughout the house.  Do you ever read what you post?   
      
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