>From the article: These systems are expected to have sustained data rates beyond 20 Mbps, and peak data rates upwards of 100 Mbps.
I don't think that can really compete with fiber as far as its data transmission properties. William > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Michael Halcrow > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 5:23 AM > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: Re: [uug] OT Community news: iProvo on ZDNet > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 10:21:55AM -0600, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > > Another important thing to remember when talking about a fiber > > infrastructure as a utility is that it's not about your Mom, it's > > about your Mom's flower shop. I want fiber in my home of course, and > > it will come, but the home isn't really the point as much as > > businesses are. A network infrastructure is essential to almost any > > business today. > > I don't know how many of you are following this, but it looks like > private industry has already created a technology that outperforms > fiber and is deployable at a fraction of the cost of laying cable > everywhere: > > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040727/cgtu014_1.html > > By the time the city of Provo is done with their debacle, it will be > obsolete and overpriced. Which is usually the case with > government-sponsored initiatives of this sort. > > Mike > .___________________________________________________________________. > Michael A. Halcrow > Security Software Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center > GnuPG Fingerprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C FDDA 3EB6 601D > > Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.729 / Virus Database: 484 - Release Date: 7/27/2004 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
