Broadband Delayed By Fiber Optics Shortage? 8
Dozing asks: "Like many folks out there I live in the middle of nowhere and I can't even dream of DSL and two way satalite just doesn't look that enticing yet. Lucky for me my cable company has been planning to offer cable modems for quite some time and they have finally started rolling them out. However, for the past several months they have been telling me that my fat pipe is delayed due to a national shortage of fiber optic cable. I spend a lot of time reading slashdot and other technology related sites and this is the first I've heard of this shortage. Does anyone have anymore information on what the status is on our fiber supply?"
Depnds on where you are (Score:1)
My parents spend the winters in southern Texas. My dad has told me that although his modem speeds are fine, his internet performance sucks. Turns out that the fiber to the CO, and in fact the entire town of 25000, is well past saturated and no new capacity will be installed for at least 12 months.
So its a case of where you are and how well the infrastructure is built up.
shortage of workers as well (Score:1)
There are less than a dozen schools offering tech training in photonics in North America, and not a lot in the rest of the world - see here [greenspun.com] for some of them.
Anyhow, no workers, no broadband.
SMF-28 over 1 year lead time (Score:1)
(standard telecom fiber) costs and
they'll tell you they aren't quoting
prices this year! I'd call that short
supply! And all I want is about 4 km...
Fiber Shortage (Score:1)
Brant
Supply & Demand (Score:2)
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!
Fiber in short supply? (Score:2)
Sources Claim Fiber in Short Supply.
Details at Ten.
Might depend on circumstances. (Score:3)
A lot of operating companies are having problems getting diggable right of way, especially in environmentally sensistive areas. This leaves little choice but to use the existing poles and towers.
High-count fiber is in short supply. (Score:5)