Dave Taht wrote:
> Looking at figure 7 (non-adoption rates by age group), nearly 30% of
> those under 30 do not have fixed broadband. From an informal survey of
> those I know in that age range, they are primarily dependent on their
> cell phones, cannot live at a fixed address f
One item to consider re: costs. My rural NH town just installed fiber to run
past all premises. A quick estimate of total capital cost uses two numbers:
- $40K/mile to hang the fiber on existing utility poles on the road
- $2K-$4K per premise for the drop cable from the pole and the router in the
Looking at figure 7 (non-adoption rates by age group), nearly 30% of
those under 30 do not have fixed broadband.
From an informal survey of those I know in that age range, they are
primarily dependent on their cell phones,
cannot live at a fixed address for long enough to adopt fixed
broadband solu
pretty good:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f5282b71117310d16e654d3/t/6256eb4efbb468024f396969/1649863506445/Toward+Effective+Administration+of+State+and+Local+Fixed+Broadband+Programs+-+04.12.22+Final+Report.pdf
My lowball cost estimate for "better, recycled routers" would be
somewhere
