[alex4nder]

Wiring isn't under control of the home/business owner until it hits their NID, which is already on-prem. Getting the connection to the NID is where the expense is, and it's why AL is putting money into the process. Without this, someone has to spend the thousands of dollars pulling permits/digging trenches to run fiber to your house.

[zaroth]

I guess I don't understand why you need this much tech just to get the fiber off the pole and into my house [1].

The coax drop from Comcast drapes off the pole, hits little more than a barrel connector on the side of the house, and then comes straight in the house and plugs into the modem.

Why can't you do the same with fiber?

[1] - http://www.aflglobal.com/Products/Fiber-Outside-Plant/OptiNI...