FTTH
"Many assume that the ILECs must replace copper plant with fiber. But that may not be feasible economically."
That is how the article began. The article is entitled Is Fiber to the Home Affordable? in the June 2004 issue of Business Communication Review. This article really bugged me. It's been weighing on me ever since I first read it last week. But why? That's the question I keep asking.
I suppose what gets me upset is the assumption behind the article. That if fiber is going to get built it is up to the ILECs to build it. And that if ILECs can't justify fiber to the home (FTTH) using existing services, well, then, it just isn't worth the effort.
Please!
We will never get fiber to the home, or even into the average business, with this thinking. And it's pathetic (perhaps too strong a statement) that BCR, owner of the Next Generation Network conference, can't think beyond the copper plant of the ILECs.
The one positive aspect of this article is that it has re-energized me. I'm going to give some thought to fiber to the home issues and do some additional writing. I've been reluctantly watching for certain things to happen, listening to some experts and doubting my support of FTTH and community networks. But the time to sit has passed. I don't have all the answers, but silly articles by BCR really do need to be addressed.............
10:27:47 PM 
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