GNG News Guy
05-26-2008, 10:30 AM
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I see that the Associated Press (http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/N/NEXT_GENERATION_INTERNET?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-22-15-14-06) suddenly realizes we may run into some serious coverage issues when it comes to next-generation broadband deployment. Only Verizon is deploying FTTH, and they'll likely hit a point where they decide that geography makes it unprofitable to proceed (50%? 60% of their footprint?). Verizon's clearly selling (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/Comcast-Looking-To-Sell-Rural-Networks-94653) those markets (Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) they don't want to bother with, and there's no reason to think this won't continue (upstate NY? West Virginia?). Of course there is DOCSIS 3.0:Graham Finnie, chief analyst for the telecom research firm Heavy Reading, believes 13 percent of U.S. households will be connected to fiber by 2012. Since Verizon is the major builder, the vast majority of those will be in Verizon territory on the East Coast, Texas and California. The rest of the country, he said, is going to be stuck with slow DSL or cable, though the latter is due for upgrades in the next few years that will boost top speeds fivefold.
But other than Comcast (who says every market will have DOCSIS 3.0 by 2010), many cable providers aren't worried about DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades, because many of their markets aren't competitive. With the passage of new State level franchise agreements that in many States do little more than legalize cherry picking (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/82501), they're likely to stay that way.
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I see that the Associated Press (http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/N/NEXT_GENERATION_INTERNET?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-22-15-14-06) suddenly realizes we may run into some serious coverage issues when it comes to next-generation broadband deployment. Only Verizon is deploying FTTH, and they'll likely hit a point where they decide that geography makes it unprofitable to proceed (50%? 60% of their footprint?). Verizon's clearly selling (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/Comcast-Looking-To-Sell-Rural-Networks-94653) those markets (Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) they don't want to bother with, and there's no reason to think this won't continue (upstate NY? West Virginia?). Of course there is DOCSIS 3.0:Graham Finnie, chief analyst for the telecom research firm Heavy Reading, believes 13 percent of U.S. households will be connected to fiber by 2012. Since Verizon is the major builder, the vast majority of those will be in Verizon territory on the East Coast, Texas and California. The rest of the country, he said, is going to be stuck with slow DSL or cable, though the latter is due for upgrades in the next few years that will boost top speeds fivefold.
But other than Comcast (who says every market will have DOCSIS 3.0 by 2010), many cable providers aren't worried about DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades, because many of their markets aren't competitive. With the passage of new State level franchise agreements that in many States do little more than legalize cherry picking (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/82501), they're likely to stay that way.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NextGen-Broadband-Coverage-To-Be-Spotty-94736)