If you read through this it seems strange. For example it says that the cost of stringing an optical fiber to a home can be $1k or more.
$1K -- ATT spent $10K/customer to buy MediaOne's Coax plant. $1k for a fiber is cheaper than sewers, sidewalks, or just about anything. You can pay that off in a year or two and get gigabits or more capacity. That undermines this whole claim of scarcity The headline should be "Telco Hogs in Fear of Internet Abundance -- can't figure out how to make money if they can't hold bits hostage". It's one thing to try to explain why an article is wrong -- but it's another thing when the article itself undermines its own premise. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lauren Weinstein Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 22:42 To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ NNSquad ] NY Times: Concerns over video traffic and Internet capacities NY Times: Concerns over video traffic and Internet capacities http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/technology/13net.html --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator
