Re: Internet access in Japan (was Re: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets)

[Tom Vest <tvest () pch net>]

In the future, people are not going to believe that we permitted this  
to happen.

Coming soon: your plumbing will be disconnected. But never fear:
an Evian vending machine will delivered to every deserving household...

TV

On Oct 24, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Larry Smith wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 October 2007 05:36, Henry Yen wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 09:20:49AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> > > Why are no major us builders installing FTTH today?  Greenfield  
> > > should
> > > be the easiest, and major builders like Pulte, Centex and the like
> > > should be eager to offer it; but don't.
> >
> > Well, Verizon seems to be making heavy bets on replacing significant
> > chunks of old copper plant with FTTH.  Here's a recent FiOS  
> > announcement:
> >
> >   Linkname: Verizon discovers symmetry, offers 20/20 symmetrical FiOS
> > service URL:
> > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071023-verizon-discovers- 
> > symmetry-of
> > fers-2020-symmetrical-fios-service.html
>
>  While probably more "good" than "bad", it is my understanding that  
> when
> Verizon (and others) provide FTTH (fiber to the home) they "cut" or
> physically disconnect all other connections to that residence.....   
> so much
> for any "choice"...
>
> --
> Larry Smith
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