timestyles: This is off topic but the whole 'model' for getting broadband to a consumers household is basically flawed. There are about 100 houses on my block. If cable were passed around my block through back yards, along fences etc or using optical to a central point or a mesh-type Wi-Fi on power polls, data could be distributed less expensively. Fibre optic cable would connect the central point to the internet as a whole.
Calculating with these charges and having a 5 year return on investment that means that basic broadband service is connected to $1500 worth of equipment or installation costs. That value excludes standard phone service.
Some people don't like Downer engineering employees poking round in their back yard when problems occur with someone else's internet connection, it's far easier to keep cables on public land. Wireless is used in some areas where the density of users makes it economic to compete with telecom's copper, and generally tends to increases latency. The reason we use the (expensive, less than ideal) wiring we do is because it's there, it works, and it's far cheaper to use what's already there.
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