tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25089246.post390789301540636095..comments2024-02-07T08:30:28.786-08:00Comments on U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis: Aspirational sloganeering won't build last mile fiberFred Pilothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352861125794506929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25089246.post-29702549909774561842014-12-21T07:59:34.196-08:002014-12-21T07:59:34.196-08:00Brilliant for people if the fibre pipes are there,...Brilliant for people if the fibre pipes are there, they can dig to meet it. This is the future, help the people to help themselves, and go the extra mile where telcos fear to tread. The biggest problem is getting the backhaul, so if that job is done then getting the fibre into the homes is doable. Our community has done it, and if we can do it so can anyone else. Owned by the people, for the people. Other companies in the UK are doing it as a business, and making good profits. You pays your money and makes your choice. But do it, don't just settle for copper rubbish, get the fibre. Moral and optic.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574928297845542047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25089246.post-59418873828781114082014-12-20T12:09:16.498-08:002014-12-20T12:09:16.498-08:00This is the problem I had with the stimulus grant ...This is the problem I had with the stimulus grant money that was spent to build middle-mile fiber. The money was used to plow in tens of thousands of miles of fiber to rural communities with no idea of who would ever use it to build the last mile. And for the most part nobody new is building the last mile who was not already going to do so in the first place, like independent telephone companies, electric cooperative and a handful of local governments.Doug Dawsonnoreply@blogger.com