Originally Posted by e5hosting

...this may actually happen sooner then a lot of people think... I was speaking with a technician who did the installation... and he said that the fiber optic cable was made out of plastic and actually less expensive then running new copper lines (for DSL)... he also mention that the maintenance was less expensive and more reliable... this may be the reason why the phone companies could possibly deploy this fast... plus the biggest reason it will allow the phone company to compete with the cable company (by delivering other $ervices over fiber).




.....Anthony