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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | FIOS/FTTH for Cable Companies!!! Let me think, if NARAD is saying "tap" that must mean the grey box where the rg-6 coax from my house plugs into »www.sciatl.com/customers/Source/7006343.pdf . Well if there is a single fiber strand going into each tap, sounds like FTTH to me. Sounds like the only thing non-fiber is the drop into the house. If there will be a fiber termianted at each house or tap (tap=4-10 houses), why doesnt the cable co just go 100% FTTH, whats the difference between puting a FIOS terminal box and a FIOS ONT the pole, then running the coax, phone, and ethernet to the house? Sounds like FTTH with a TOKEN amount of coax so cable co can say "We arent copying FIOS FTTH" and regulatorily still can be a "cable co". I think NARAD is the closest to FTTH that can be done without a fiber cable touching a customer's house. I dont see the point of this, wouldnt it be cheaper to put a Fiber terminal box which is passive on the pole than a multi user ONT? Actually no, since 1 multi user ONT that only spits out coax is cheaper than 5 single house ONTs that have to spit out POTS and Ethernet too. Also carefully note that this 100mbit per user is FTTC, not FTTN, with every tap replaced, not FTTN. I think cable companies will only impliment FTTN, since its cheap, and FTTC is practically FTTH in this case. Also if cable co impliments the FTTN variant, why dont they replace the CMTS with a DOCSIS 3 1ghz node and get the same thing? NARAD will be dead in 1/2-2 years if its just a competitor to DOCSIS 3. NARAD seems to be snake oil. Has anyone seen NARAD equipment in the field in CV territory yet? Also is CV actually TESTING in the field or WILL BE TESTING narad? | |
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First of all docsis 3 has not been released yet. 2nd What makes you think Narads product wont be compatible with docsis ? 3. Channel bonding is a mathematical concept design.
The big difference you are asking about is price. Replacing coax with fiber optic cabling is very expensive as shown by Verizon's clumsy attempt. Where it doesnt make financial sense to do so it should not be done, its just not necessary right now for cable co's like cablevision.
Verizon is spending 50% of their revenue on fios upgrade, its going to be a long road, hopefully shareholders wont bail before and shut your hopes down... | |
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by SeekHelp:??????? First of all docsis 3 has not been released yet. 2nd What makes you think Narads product wont be compatible with docsis ? 3. Channel bonding is a mathematical concept design. 100mbit per hardline coax shared among all users, docsis qam256 40mbit a channel. NARAD is 2.5 DOCSIS channels. Whats the improvment? Unless NARAD is a partner in developing DOCSIS 3, why would it be it be compatible? Its obviously a proprietory solution that is a competitor to DOCSIS 3 since DOCSIS 3 wont be out for a while. | | |
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