DocumentCode
1819716
Title
Economics of broadband access technologies for rural areas
Author
Riding, J.L. ; Ellershaw, J.C. ; Tran, A.V. ; Guan, L.J. ; Smith, Tim
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We investigate the economics of rural broadband access technologies based on actual geographic information. For low bit-rates and low population density, wireless is the cheapest. For bit-rates exceeding 20 Mbit/s, PON is the lowest-cost technology.
Keywords
broadband networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; PON; actual geographic information; broadband access technology; fiber optics communications; passive optical networks; rural areas; Australia; Bit rate; Costs; DSL; Environmental economics; Geographic Information Systems; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Roads; Urban areas; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (999.9999) Optical access; (999.9999) Rural areas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-865-0
Type
conf
Filename
5032453
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