{"id":460,"date":"2011-03-17T21:49:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T20:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lornemitchell.com\/blog\/?p=460"},"modified":"2011-05-22T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T12:27:33","slug":"where-should-we-put-the-fibre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Where Should we Put the Fibre?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was doodling the other day and came up with this ABC of Fibre-to-the-Alphabet:<\/span><\/p>\n

Fibre to the Antenna\r\nFibre to the Business, Basement\r\nFibre to the Cabinet \/ Community \/ Church \/ Carpark \/ Community Hub\r\nFibre to the Device (what happened to LightPeak?)\r\nFibre to the Ethernet Port, Exchange\r\nFibre to the Farm, Fridge, Flat\r\nFibre to the Garage, Golfcourse\r\nFibre to the Home, Hospital\r\nFibre to the Island\r\nFibre to the Jacuzi\r\nFibre to the King's Head\r\nFibre to the Library, Laundrette\r\nFibre to the Mast\r\nFibre to the Notspot, Next Billion\r\nFibre to the Organ\r\nFibre to the Pub, Post Office\r\nFibre to the Queen's Head\r\nFibre to the Radio Mast, Radio Tower, Rock\r\nFibre to the School, Surgery, Steeple, Spire, Sheep\r\nFibre to the Third Place\r\nFibre to the University\r\nFibre to the Village Hall, Village Pump\r\nFibre to the Wellington Boot\r\nFibre to the X (as in FTTX) - X as in \"Anything\"\r\nFibre to the Yellow Brick Road\r\nFibre to the Zebra Crossing<\/span><\/pre>\n
Please add your thoughts on other destinations below!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was doodling the other day and came up with this ABC of Fibre-to-the-Alphabet: Fibre to the Antenna Fibre to the Business, Basement Fibre to the Cabinet \/ Community \/ Church \/ Carpark \/ Community Hub Fibre to the Device (what happened to LightPeak?) Fibre to the Ethernet Port, Exchange Fibre to the Farm, Fridge, … <\/p>\n
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