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The Last Mile: Connection between a home and local hub
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Scale
& legacy make last mile expensive
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~
135 million housing units in the US (U.S. Census Bureau 2001)
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POTS
(legacy) network designed for voice & built over 60 years
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Cable
TV networks built over last 25 years
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The Truck Roll Problem: Touching each home incurs cost:
customer
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equipment;
installation & servicing; and central office equipment
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improvements
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In
our (i.e., Microsoft Research’s) estimate building an alternate, physical
last
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mile
replacement to hit 80% of US homes will take 19 years and cost ~ US
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$60-150
billion
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