Good to see TC CEO Allan Freeth out and tearing at the dogma that comes from the broadband ideologues – his point seems to be forget fibre to the home (FTTH) concentrate on Fibre to the node or Fibre to the business.
I gotta say I agree – I’ve had so many people preach at me about instant 10% productivity gains with widespread fibre rollouts that it makes me shake to hear – where’s the empirical evidence I say?
No – the real issue to me is that my buddy – who runs three or four good sized SMEs, can’t get DSL at his house on 30 minutes from Christchurch – let’s forget pipe dreams about Fibre to the home and concentrate on a dual strategy of allover coverage of reasonable DSL and targeted fibre to particular areas that justify it.
And for those that want fibre and aren’t in a targeted area, the Canadians (did I mention my soft spot for Canadians – have a solution – a great partnership between homeowners and the telcos – nice)
Rant over.
