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Re: Fear the Fios said by guitarzan:Fios is really starting to worry cableco's now.The Exec's that must compete with fios must have looked into a crystal ball,and seen their worst nightmare come to life.I also believe they don't like the future bottom line for themselves.I myself may never get Fios,but it sure will be fun watching the repercussions of fios.Users will be surfing the net in lil four cylinder cars.When fios takes the wraps off a L-88 corvette.  Incase you didn't know, Cable Co have fiber to every node, if they wanted to deploy their own FTTH, all they would have to do is replaced the last-mile cable. A "Brand-X" Cable Company in Atlanta and Florida is testing out this system right now.
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1 edit | said by Time:said by guitarzan:Fios is really starting to worry cableco's now.The Exec's that must compete with fios must have looked into a crystal ball,and seen their worst nightmare come to life.I also believe they don't like the future bottom line for themselves.I myself may never get Fios,but it sure will be fun watching the repercussions of fios.Users will be surfing the net in lil four cylinder cars.When fios takes the wraps off a L-88 corvette. Incase you didn't know, Cable Co have fiber to every node, if they wanted to deploy their own FTTH, all they would have to do is replaced the last-mile cable. A "Brand-X" Cable Company in Atlanta and Florida is testing out this system right now. That is true I do not how the cable co's deploy their HSI other than it being coaxial wiring.Were it not for the way fios is being deployed.Betcha dollars to do-nuts.Current users of HSI would not see those tests you mention.Why in fios areas being lit do Cable Co's suddenly have an abundance of speed.? Proves they ARE worried.
A lot of users and "speed freaks".Will jump ship at the drop of a hat.I certainly would,the reasoning being.That were it not for fios becoming reality.The cable co's would offer the same speed for years with no change in sight.
To be fair most tele co's would follow the same pattern.I see fios giving tele co's and cable co's the choice.(lead,follow or get left technologcially left behind).The future is happening now,little by little.Not waking up one morning,then suddenly we have "George Jetson" as a neighbor.That would be cool though.
Even as you say they(have fiber to every node, if they wanted to deploy their own FTTH, all they would have to do is replace the last-mile cable).They could have been "one up" on Verizon,since it existed at the node.As for Conducting trials and tests NOW proves what I said is a valid statement.?
I really wish ALL of AMERICA gets wired with fiber.I feel anything less is going the route of the dinosaur. | |
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Incase you didn't know, Cable Co have fiber to every node, if they wanted to deploy thei
*r own FTTH, all they would have to do is replaced the last-mile cable. A "Brand-X" Cable C
*ompany in Atlanta and Florida is testing out this system right now.
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Yeah. because its so easy to replace the last mile. Incase you dont know that usually is the most expensive part of the deployment. And also cable cos have spent billions upgrading their networks, and it would cost billions more to take it the last mile. | |
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Cox is desparate. there is no way they can beat fiber to the prem. the best they can do is fiber to the curb. for those that don't know, that means there is still a stretch of copper lines they have to squeeze their bandwidth thru.
fiber lines are much cheaper to maintain, and have a much higher bandwidth capacity. they will be allowing ALL customers to have consistantly over 100meg download speeds in the next couple years. Try doing that on copper. Any stretch of copper at all will cause leakage and signal loss. put it this way, the current lines out there are already super-saturated. try squeezing even more electric signals thru that, and you get even more signal loss. try to pull down consistant speeds that way. its not possible. I challenge all of you copper fanatics to prove that your cable companies will still be competing when FiOS surpasses 50 meg standard. and remember, each FiOS customer has a DEDICATED fiber line to their house, while every cable customer has to share with everyone else. | |
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