For half the price the radios fed tower data to a central point with a direct connection to a telco's fiber.

FORBES: Entrepreneurs

Already El Paso owns the second-largest fiber network in Houston, with connections to every central office switch operated by regional phone giant SBC Communications.

FORBES: Switch Hitter

Shared fiber : The government constructs (or authorizes a private company to construct) a network of fiber optic cables that run from each home in the municipality to a central peering point.

FORBES: Three Broadband Strategies