On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Keegan Holley wrote: > > 2012/3/22 Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:05 AM, chris wrote: > > > I'm all for VZ being able to reclaim it as long as they open their fiber > > which I don't see happening unless its by force via government. At the end > > of the day there needs to be the ability to allow competitors in so of > > course they shouldnt be allowed to rip out the regulated part and replace > > it with a unregulated one. > > > Maybe I'm missing something, but how exactly does one share fiber? Isn't it > usually a closed loop between DWDM or Sonet nodes? It doesn't seem fair to > force the incumbents to start handing out lambdas and timeslots to their > competitors on the business side. I guess passive optical can be shared > depending on the details of the network, but that would still be much > different than sharing copper pairs.
You agree on a price per distance (e.g.: mile/foot/whatnot). Lets say the cable costs $25k to install for the distance of 5000 feet. That cable has 144 strands. You need access to one strand. If you install it yourself, it will cost you $25k. If you share the pro-rata cost, it comes out around $174 for that strand. Lets say they mark it up 10x (profit, unused strands), would you pay $1740 for access? What does emergency restoration cost? WDM/DWDM add cost to that strand, but also increase the capacity based on what your overall lit capacity may be on a route. There are various cwdm/dwdm systems that range the usual 10/20/40/80/100km ranges. You obviously need to do the math yourselves on this. You may find the ROI is better than you think... - Jared
