Fibre-to-the-home: is it practical for all?

Very good article, should be mandatory reading for all MyBB FTTH proponents that believe it can be delivered for peanuts in all areas.
 
Whatever happened to running fibre through the municipal structure (storm drains and water pipes)?
 
MickZA said:
Failed dismally in Bournemouth UK for various reasons.
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Yeah, I remember that part, wasn't it just mismanagement and politics?

I mean come on, it's a no-brainer using existing infrastructure to lay cable, making it possible to network a whole city in no time, if there is co-operation from the city council.

I'm sorry, but I can't think of any reasons why this can't work, where I get my fibre to the house coming in by my water meter, no trenching, no digging, just POLITICS!

I wish I was a dictator of a country, then you will see action, because democracy sux! :)
 
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wingnut771 said:
Yeah, I remember that part, wasn't it just mismanagement and politics?
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Nope, mainly costing.

BTW the fibre was laid in the sewers not water pipes and IIRC automatic sewer cleaning equipment played havoc with the fibre in the pilot phase, seems FibreCity had overlooked the complexities of maintaining sewer systems (not their area of expertise :))

http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/1814787/bournemouth-sewer-broadband-contract-cancelled

... as far as I can tell the Dundee project mentioned in the article faded away as well.
 
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MickZA said:
Nope, mainly costing.

BTW the fibre was laid in the sewers not water pipes and IIRC automatic sewer cleaning equipment played havoc with the fibre in the pilot phase, seems FibreCity had overlooked the complexities of maintaining sewer systems (not their area of expertise :))

http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/1814787/bournemouth-sewer-broadband-contract-cancelled

... as far as I can tell the Dundee project mentioned in the article faded away as well.
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Ye, sewer pipes etc to a distribution point, then hop over from "water-out" to "water-in" to get to the house.

It still boggles my mind that the boffins couldn't make it work.

Instead, we have the pavement being dug up over and over, and yet, here we are, 2014, and I'm still stuck on 4mb.

Anyway, I can feel my blood pressure going up so I'm going to sign off :)
 
Fibre to the home will not be a reality for the majority of ADSL users for the next 10 years at least .
Where fiber runs on main routes may be it is feasible but the majority of houses are in blocks of houses(4 to 12) and have one distribution point(underground cable) feeding the block of houses .
It can be done but the cost will just be to much ,that is why the MSAN/ISAMs are being installed , 20 to 90 meg is possible with the MSANs , so why put fiber in .
 
Wherever you see the Eskom power line towers running the cables around the country, know that their is fibre cable running along those power lines.
That is one of the largest fibre networks in this country. Is it currently being used for internet? Wasn't it supposed to be leased to the second network operator?
 
Petec said:
Wherever you see the Eskom power line towers running the cables around the country, know that their is fibre cable running along those power lines.
That is one of the largest fibre networks in this country. Is it currently being used for internet? Wasn't it supposed to be leased to the second network operator?
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You're referring to the backhaul, which isn't where the problem under discussion lies. There are plenty of fibre based infrastructure, the issue is getting the so called "last mile" connection onto Fibre.
 
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