| TV only? I could be wrong but doesn't this only affect the TV side of FIOS? Data would still be run through CAT 5e from the ONT to the router and then to each computer. As far as I was aware all the current TV installs were converted from CAt 5e to COAX through the converter box anyway. So what has really changed with this decision?
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 NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | I think they're going to run the nim's to other rooms that have cable. Of course MOCA puts everything on the same broadcast network. That could eventually be fun for customers.
Broadcast storm anyone 
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX | said by NOCMan:I think they're going to run the nim's to other rooms that have cable. Of course MOCA puts everything on the same broadcast network. That could eventually be fun for customers. Broadcast storm anyone I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. The easiest way to visualize it is to think of taking an existing network and replacing a segment of Cat5 within it by RG6 with a NIM at each end. The network will still be local to you (i.e it won't extend back past the ONT any more than it does now).
I guess that what Verizon are actually thinking is that all future ONTs will have an in-built NIM, which means that in installs where there is already coax near the desired router location, but no Cat5, it is cheaper to just throw in another NIM than to run the Cat5. |
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TX Tech
join:2005-10-17
Lewisville, TX | reply to sgossard34
dms1 hit it on the head. There's a new router out with a NIM inside of it and a NIM inside of the ONT. Completely bridges the Cat5e gap while still providing the same product. Just a faster install and less drilling into your house  |
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