WS better find a way in the chalet 11 plan to get rid of the copper plant the DMS platform and all the other old junk in their network. Here’s a free clue. It’s possible to be profitable in the rural areas but not if you spend a fortune fixing everything every time it rains. The savings on the electricity alone by finally getting rid of the DMS coupled with the reduction in troubles by going fiber everywhere should be obvious even to WS. Good luck people. You need it.
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You’re late to the game with GPON.
It seems like Ritter has raided our Ilec Markets with 100/50 for $110
Everything I've seen about gpon is already jacked up. Like most initiatives it starts out a half decent idea but between the terrible contract engineering, dollar store materials, and rediculous time frame the final product is not nearly what it should be. The only thing that matters to anyone is checking off boxes on a spreadsheet, and we end up with a bad product. Its a bigger cluster than caf was.
It's the whole cheap/fast/good scenario. You can have any 2 but not all 3.
Fixed wireless is not the answer look at the stats on stream over 7000 households are able get service and only 250 actually in service. The cost is outrageous for this type of deployment and the speeds are a fraction of GPON in most cases. GPON is the way to go. DSL is still a viable option now that 400Mb over copper is now available as well.
They may not even have money for that, now....
They don’t have money for anything but Fixed Wirelesss
Expansion is mostly via fixed wireless now, as I understand it.