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Friday, 21 October 2011 11:17 |
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The FCC is making $50B in decisions on universal service, mostly in the next few days. I sent over some data I thought might be relevant for someone at the FCC to judge how reasonable some beltway claims may be. This is quick, off the cuff stuff. Anyone who notices anything wrong please get back to me. db
- Max practical LTE cap for under $50 service - probably 15-20 gigabytes (Germany and other sources). LTE Advanced in 2014-2017 can raise that 5X.
- Likely cost of 4.8M from remote DSLAMs - At least half closer to $500 than $1500. Total more likely closer to $6B than $16B.
- Time frame for DSL buildout: 24-36 months for 90% is easy. Relevant gear is off the shelf and in good supply, as are contractors. This is all standard stuff.
- Relevance of DSL vectoring - None. No practical impact over 1,000 meters.
- Relevance of DSL bonding - High. $150 or so all in to double speed of any connection.
- Relevance of DSL repeaters/amplifiers - Interesting. They can bring 1-2 megabits 20-30K feet for $250/line. Hard for them to get to 4 megabits.
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