>> >> This one is a bad idea cause you have lots of people pushing fiber through >> pipes with active fiber in them... and their incentives not to screw up >> other people's glass are... unclear? :-) > > Not really, if one company starts making mistakes, the other will also > mistake their cables. It's like a working mexican standoff :) > >
In reality, Mexican standoffs are often fatal. >> Oh, wait: the conduit installer isn't a contractor, they're a monopoly? > The people pushing fiber through the conduits are contractors. There are a > handful of companies licensed to operate this. May be workable, but seems more expensive than operating cross connects in a serving wire center with little or no plausible benefit. > > >> No, that's even worse. > > > It's not perfect, but it works. People say that about windows. I don't use it, either. Owen