[UFO Chicago] might be a bit late to tonight's meeting

[Ruben Safir]

> 
> Last I checked, fiber optic cable cost LESS per mile than copper wire.  Fiber 
> optic cable terminators, however, cost dramatically more than RJ-45 
> terminators.  That's why you don't run fiber in your house.  The cable could 
> cost less, but the NIC would be 10x as expensive.  
> 
> And of course there's always that "lack of competition" issue, but we won't 
> get into that.
> 


It doesn't seem to be a problem is Korea.

Ruben


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"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attacted at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess you missed that one."