Reviews:
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FiOS
| no one really knows yet.. No one really knows yet if cable will have the advantage, although it APPEARS on the surface due to AT&T's stubborn streak sticking with XDSL vendors like crazy glue (PINK COLORED fiber node/hybrid remote DSLAM indeed!!) . AT&T will eventually be forced into massive upgrade of the last "QUARTER MILE" and that term will be etched into AT&T's bankruptcy papers if they don't wise up soon, but that's not the point. The point is, given that lack of innovation.. robust Docsis 2.0 (low subscriber per node) can hold its own against U-Verse and be CHEAPER to run. Docsis 3.0 has the potential to WIN on cost AND service hands down vs over 90% of the XDSL configurations and cost structures when finally deployed in a real (not imagined) competitive landscape... as the cable used in docsis was already laid down.. upgrading/troubleshooting twist pair networks on a network as vast as the "NEW AT&T" will be mind boggling.. but it won't be but a few years out (at least) for AT&T to realize they are "ON THE WRONG COURSE" and finally try to mend their ways..
Verizon on the other hand will be brought kicking (maybe loss of a few customers irked by rising costs)and struggling into FTTH. Eventually their first mediocre upgrades to GPONS.. offering service comparable to channel bonded Docsis 3.0 streams. So, a total victory (for cablecos), NO. They already had that when the game was double play:: internet and tv. DSL couldn't really compete.. in triple, and now the fake quad play (wireless) are into the mix and everything is still up in the air as far as commitment to upgrades and actual boots on the ground deployment of services. |
