Re: [uknof] Fibre to remote areas

[Neil J. McRae]

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> On 17 Aug 2017, at 17:04, James Harrison <ja...@talkunafraid.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> 
> Certainly some of us are of that opinion and deploying nothing but FTTP
> en masse in rural areas - we seem to be able to make it make financial
> sense at large scales, at any rate!

Define large scale?

> 
> There's certainly a place for copper line sweating for now in urban
> areas, and Neil's perfectly correct that in dense areas the cost benefit
> of aggregation is worth the investment in enhancements to technology and
> can provide acceptable performance for now.

And we predict for some time. 

> 
> However, eventually everything will be FTTP if nothing else due to
> copper line degradation over time, and doing it "all at once" rather
> than piecemeal in a geographic area certainly has some substantial
> economies of scale associated with it.

Eventually is 20 years away and I doubt everyone wants to wait that long. I 
agree all at one is the only sensible way to build.

Regards,
Neil