Re: Locations with no good Internet (was ISP in Johannesburg)

[Shon Elliott <shon () unwiredbb com>]

Hmm... unless I'm completely off, 1,080. About enough for a DS3. Maybe half of a
DS3.. as long as it overreaches their T1 or HDSL capacity. It seems that while
DS3 is a copper product, it's typically delivered to the site broken off of a
fiber node. Wouldn't want to see the installation bill of that, though. That's
been my experience of AT&T here in California.

-S



Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Akyol, Bora A wrote:
>
> > Michael
> >
> > I think for the people in the situation you are describing, the best bet would be
> > one of the wireless technologies. Someone on the thread mentioned LTE (which should
> > be coming out in a couple years time), and to that we can add WiMAX and 
> > even the 3G/3.5G HSPDA type wireless. The prices will not be USD19.99 but for
> > less than USD70/month it is quite possible to get reasonable high speed Internet 
> > access. Will it be as fast as GigE to the house? No. But it will certainly support
> > most web apps. The only challenge is that some of these wireless technologies still have
> > much higher latency when compared to the wired DSL/cable modem links.
>
> Some of the WISP hardware is getting "cheap".  It's no longer $500 NIUs, you can get something that can go a fair 
> distance at high speeds for ~$80.
>
> http://www.ubnt.com/products/nanobridge.php
>
> You can find used microwave (unlicensed & licensed) equipment "cheap" as well. ($1-2k per pair/hop).
>
> The FTTH equipment is ~$600 for 20km reach @ 1Gb/s.
>
> Life is getting interesting these days.. I'm seeing interest in solving this last mile issue, but I suspect some 
> networks will eventually be forced to abandon their DSL strategy (ATT, Qwest) before too long.  They are going to 
> start to lose out to the competitors.  Verizon seems to be the only (large) US based provider with a decent strategy.
>
> I'm expecting regulatory intervention in the next few years to actually require universal broadband access from the 
> iLECs, and the only way to reach these further distances is with FTTH gear (cost effectively). 
>
> I have wondered, how many POTS lines do I need to order to get them to build fiber/access to me.  Anyone have 
> guesses/data?
>
> - Jared