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As for the recent joint FTTP RFP, Whiteacre estimates that the costs will probably be above $2,000 per home (equipment plus trenching). Due to this cost and to regulatory requirements to preserve some level of competitor access on these new lines, Whiteacre said fiber-to-the-home is not in its plans, except in certain new deployments. Whiteacre said he just "doesn't see the incentive for FTTP" and that even a drop of several hundred dollars in equipment prices would be unlikely to change his mind.
— "SBC's Whitacre Sees Growth in DSL but No Incentive for FTTP," Converge! Network Digest

Mr. Whitacre, I live in Verizon's service area, so SBC can't provide fiber to my home. However, I could bury that greater than $2000 capital expenditure in a home equity loan. I expect to recoup most of the cost by increasing the value of my real estate.

All I ask is something simple, something so American that I'm surprised you haven't tried it.

I will own that fiber.

From my demarc to your central office, that glass will be mine. Oh, I'll pay for a maintenance agreement in the event that a backhoe operator can't read, but it will be mine.

Who will satisfy me?

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