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**SueveDobe** · 09-18-2012, 12:00 AM

From what I know of EPB they're not a legacy copper company. It's far different for a company that enters into that type of business in the HSI/fiber age to get into the game with those kinds of speeds than it is for companies that had roots in cable and telecommunications back when copper was king. Regulatory being just 1 reason.

Take Verizon for example. They tried to build out FIOS and had some flops along the way. It's not an easy task. I think in the next decade things will change dramatically though. I'd like to see more 4G coverage. I live in BFE but Verizon has a 4G tower. My friend was pulling a solid 40 mbits. I think wireless is the future. Fiber is great, but I think it makes more sense to do fiber to the cell and then run broadband wirelessly from there. At least for less urban areas of America. Big cities fiber makes sense because you can run it to apartment complexes. Population density plays a huge role.

09-18-2012, 12:00 AM	#2
SueveDobe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	From what I know of EPB they're not a legacy copper company. It's far different for a company that enters into that type of business in the HSI/fiber age to get into the game with those kinds of speeds than it is for companies that had roots in cable and telecommunications back when copper was king. Regulatory being just 1 reason. Take Verizon for example. They tried to build out FIOS and had some flops along the way. It's not an easy task. I think in the next decade things will change dramatically though. I'd like to see more 4G coverage. I live in BFE but Verizon has a 4G tower. My friend was pulling a solid 40 mbits. I think wireless is the future. Fiber is great, but I think it makes more sense to do fiber to the cell and then run broadband wirelessly from there. At least for less urban areas of America. Big cities fiber makes sense because you can run it to apartment complexes. Population density plays a huge role.
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