[BC] The FCC bends over...AGAIN

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:16:20 -0400
R A Meuser <rameuser at ieee.org> wrote:

>   I think someone already suggested that the power companies would be 
> better off leveraging their rights of way and use more traditional 
> technologies to deliver Internet service. Given the spacing of their 
> poles and towers,

When replacing copper, put a few strands of fiber inside.

I remember reading[1] that that would increase the tensile strength
of the copper, reducing the chance that bad weather breaks the
electricity line and maybe saving them on maintenance.

For the "last mile", well last few hundred feet, they could
probably use some wifi technology.


[1] Of course, I read it on the internet, so YMMV.