 RickPremium,MVM
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Waterbury, CT
1 edit | Staggering.. Absolutely, mind numbing.
Consider what the fortune article says about these two technologies...Fiber versus traditional copper.
"Verizon is in love with optical fiber.
It likes that the super-skinny tubes of glass are lightweight and durable. It appreciates that fiber can carry phone calls over long distances without needing lots of gear to keep the signals moving along. But what Verizon (Charts, Fortune 500) really loves is the material's ability to transmit 25 trillion bits of data per second; that's the equivalent of 400 million simultaneous phone calls, or 450 channels of high-definition television. (That's about 3.6 million times the capacity of Verizon's copper phone lines, which can deliver seven million bits per second, tops.) "
And then consider what they are talking about here is really the difference between
Verizons FIOS service..and
AT&T's Uverse rollout.
AT&T shareholders should call for the resignation of any AT&T executive who still supports Uverse.
It's really..that simple.
As far as this news goes, it's really a monumental leap forward for this technology. It addresses a huge problem that has existed until now.
Verizon and Corning must truly be excited beyond words to now have this resolved. Next step is to get it quickly into production..and out into the field.
Way to go Verizon..and Corning.
That old dog..at&t..could surely learn a few new tricks from you. |
