Comments on: Laying Fiber: Creative Broadband Installations

By: David Deans

David Deans — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:18:40 +0000

@Scott, thank you for sharing that insight about new fiber deployments in Oregon.

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By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:35:51 +0000

Use of the sewer system to significantly reduce the capital cost is being seen in Sandy, Oregon. I3 America will start to build a standard 100mb symetrical FTTP network, with a subscriber connection fee for $30 per month, early 2013. The network is also designed to deliver 1 Gig if required.

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By: David Deans

David Deans — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:30:20 +0000

After lying dormant beneath the streets of Manchester, England, it now seems a decade-old fiber optic network of cables could hold the key to the city’s future — read the story here http://bbc.in/OPC7aY

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By: David Deans

David Deans — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:18:53 +0000

@Parvez, thank you for sharing your perspective and insight on the situation in Pakistan.

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By: Parvez Iftikhar

Parvez Iftikhar — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:04:59 +0000

But who will do it – public or private? That is still unclear. Persoally I am a strong proponent of private sector but the help of public sector is essential, like in Pakistan, the public electric utility sector makes their installed poles/masts available to privately owned cable operators for srtinging OF cables, not as ground conductors, but much lower. The facility is provided against a fixed “rent” of around 50 cents per pole per month.

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