|
|
This device displays charts generated from the
first publicly available nationwide data on fiber deployment. Simple
charts show the monthly cost of broadband deployment per customer for
various markets and deployment periods. The chartmaker also allows the
comparison of monthly revenues per customer with the cost of broadband
deployment.
The chartmaker provides settings which allow
you to ask:
-
Where is it deployed?
-
How soon do you want it?
-
What are the markets? (Urban/Rural/National
and Business/Residential/National)
-
Do you want just the fiber infrastructure or
the ability to get broadband services?
-
Do you want to compare broadband with the
telephone line?
The broadband architecture includes Passive
Optical Networks (PONs) and Synchronous Optical Network (SONET). An
accompanying paper provides an overview of the model's basic design,
including definitions, assumptions, and caveats (see
Overview of the New
Technology Deployment Model: Broadband with Associated Depreciation and
Overheads).
|
|
This device displays charts generated from the
first publicly available nationwide data on fiber deployment to the
nation's schools. Simple charts show the cost of providing broadband
services to public school classrooms under several scenarios. The
chartmaker allows comparisons among local telephone company network
investment, school investment, and annual school software expense and
Internet access costs.
The chartmaker provides settings which allow
you to ask:
-
What is the investment?
-
How many computers per classroom? by
Student?
-
How many computers per classroom? by
Network/Computer?
-
How fast is fiber deployed?
Broadband is defined as technology that
supports multiplexed data rates in excess of 45 mbps (megabits per
second). An accompanying paper provides an overview of the model's
basic design, including definitions, assumptions, and caveats (see
Schools in Cyberspace:
The Cost of Providing Broadband Services to Public Schools and
Press Release for Schools Chartmaker).
|
