Demand More From Your Copper

D3 wrote in with a submission about fiber to the home, or the lack of it, and the reasons behind this, and ways to work around the Bells to provide high-speed access despite them. A pretty decent article, which actually goes beyond the Baby Bell PR-speak that deregulation is the solution to everything. Maybe at some point state and Federal regulators will realize that the Bells are the problem, not the solution.

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Change in business model required!

[Aviancer]

The article points out that the major reason the bells (er, bell; hasn't SBC bought all the others yet?) don't want to do this is because they are required to lease out the lines to competitors.

So why not swap business models and become a service provider to the "competitors" instead of "end users." This gives you the incentive to build the infrastructure.

Re:Why would we want it?

[stratjakt]

>> Other than a huge File Sharing Node, why would we want fiber?

Because competition for the cable monopolies is a Good Thing (tm).

Besides, this article is about copper, and how all the copper in the ground can still be utilized to do what fiber could.