@AC Re: @DougS Fiber backhaul to cell tower
No, I didn't forget that.
The cost of laying the fiber for the cell tower is cost prohibitive when you compare it against a point to point connection via microwave connections.
I thought that was obvious.
In terms of even pulling fiber in the city... we had an issue where we rent space for a cell tower on our condo building. They wanted to add fiber but rather than use the existing conduit owned by Ameritech, they wanted to go through a different wall and then run the fiber in the open in our garage space. I was able to nix it, and they went back and did a deal with Ameritech to use their conduit.
I personally would love to have fiber to my unit. I could easily pull fiber to each room. While I don't even own a 4K TV I would love to have a high bandwidth throughout the house and in my SOHO lab. The only problem is that most of my older machines don't have 10GbE so it would be a short term waste.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
