re: Lafayette, LA may have the best ISP in the nation.....

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loopback

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You're over 40 aren't you

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That being said, I think it's at least a decade away from becoming the norm.

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And how long do you think it will take to build it out? Hint: at least a decade

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So I don't see the point in all these companies scrambling to provide "fiber to the home" when (for now) its not nessessary.

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It's necessary to start now so that it will be well on its way by the time people "need" it.

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Take your time, do the buildout right

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Uh, they have been taking their sweet time for a very long time now, and it's time to get started.

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and then offer Gbps when the majority of your customers actually need it

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Huh? Are you saying they shouldn't offer gigabit to anyone until it's available to almost everyone? That makes absolutely zero sense logically or financially. You offer it to customers as soon as it's available to them in order to fund further development. This is really, really basic stuff.

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Your average ISP has "fiber to the node" then coax to the home. Running the extra distance from node to home will cost tens of millions and 90% of their customer bases won't even use it.

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Do you suggest running it to each individual home as the customer requests it? No, you do the whole area at once. This is the only efficient way to do it.




Have you put any thought into your position at all?

Holy shite are you the CEO of Charter, Time Warner, Cox, Eatel or something? You seem to have all the answers.
Why the frick aren't you running shite?????

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Holy shite are you the CEO of Charter, Time Warner, Cox, Eatel or something? You seem to have all the answers.
Why the frick aren't you running shite?????

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I'll take that as a "no", you haven't put any thought into it.

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Do you work in this industry?

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No, I don't, but I do work in an industry, and I do live in this world, so I kind of have an idea of how investments, early adoption, infrastructure development, and economics work.

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Because you make all this sound like its so simple, "just make it happen"

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I'm pretty sure several companies and municipalities are indeed "just making it happen". It's you saying they should stop, for some fricking reason.

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It doesn't work that way bro.

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Tell me, how does it work?

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It's you saying they should stop

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Never said this. Simply said they shouldn't drop everything and rush to bring something to market just to "keep up" particularly when the average consumer doesn't need it.

As a consumer, if I demand Walmart start selling eggs in cartons of 16 dozen, should Walmart drop everything and start doing it?


And to refrence your earlier comment, Cox has said they will offer it country wide by the end of 2016..so a two year buildout not a decade.

Wrong. They will offer it country wide by late 2016. Can't offer it if it's not already in place.

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Never said this. Simply said they shouldn't drop everything and rush to bring something to market just to "keep up" particularly when the average consumer doesn't need it.

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Let me just say this. I live in Chattanooga, TN where Gbit is offered for $70. It's not very effective for only a handful of ISPs to have GBit. To reach the full potential of any GBit network you should have at least another 100 cities offering it.

Companies are up and moving to places with GBit. Technology companies and heavy content companies rely on getting data to and from places quickly. It's not going to be a good discussion when people are told the company they work for is moving to a different state and town and the employee is left deciding whether to quit and stay around family or leave to stay with the job. Wouldn't have to make that decission if your city at least keeps up with technology. GBit will soon be the standard. Don't want to be left behind.