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Welcome to the Fiberhood

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wont-you-be-my-neighbor dept.

cpfeifer writes "According to this article in the Washington Post, high-end subdivisions are running fiber-optic cable to each house and rolling the cost of broadband, digital cable and local phone service into the home owners association cost. Apparantly home pre-wired for broadband have a better resale value and higher demand in the market."

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  1. Look at Korea by AdamInParadise · · Score: 5, Informative

    This wonderful article from Wired (the mag, not the website) shows that fiber is already part of the sales pitch of any modern realtor. Way to go, Korea!

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  2. Re:Fiber to the door is plain silly by autopr0n · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can get a gigabit over fairly long runs of cat5 copper

    I don't think many people live less then 100m from the phone office

    why do you need fiber? Do you actually anticipate having more than a gigabit of traffic to your house? It costs too much to terminate the stuff. People who buy a house just because it has fiber are missing out on reality.

    Does anyone anticipate ever having more then 640k of ram? Think about how long a home is going to be around.

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