Goodbye to copper?

[sronan-VmQCmMdMyN0AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Stephen Ronan)]

There are some items toward the bottom of the page here that 
might be of interest, though somewhat tangential to your 
questions, which I hope list members here can address more 
directly:
http://www.budde.com.au/presentations/Digital_Economy_Industry_Group.asp

For example, these two:

# FttP Networks Topology and competition
http://www.budde.com.au/presentations/content/FttP%20Networks%20Topology%20and%20competition.pdf

# Big Think Strategies - Costings and open network issues in 
relation to FttH deployments
http://www.budde.com.au/presentations/content/2009_Big_Think_FttH_costings.pdf

And there are some interesting resources here, such as the Robin 
Hood approach article:
http://groups.google.com/group/nyc-community-fiber/web/related-projects-beyond-nyc?hl=en

      - Stephen

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> If I wanted to DIY fiber, especially plastic, what does it take?
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> Any good 'how to' sites someone knows about?
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> Any reasonable (i.e. cheap or diy or kit) ethernet to/from fiber
> transceivers easily available?
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> TIA...