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Re: lowly schmoe The difference is the fiber is at the house, terminated into a box attached to the side. That fiber has nearly infinate bandwidth in comparison to that chunk of copper that you share with 1500 people. You know there is a difference, you're just being a fanboi. For the record I'm in Comcast and Qwest territory and use DirecTV for my TV and Qwest for my internet.
Anyone with a brain knows there is a major difference in long term use of having a fiber right to your house and having a piece of copper running to your home. Verzion has nearly limitless options in future upgradeability with minimal cost. They could in theory deliver 10 independent full cable systems with 200+ channels each on that fiber along with gigabit ethernet without breaking a sweat, if equipment to utilize it and the actual content existed. That future proofing allows Verizon to react quicker to newer technology and delivery methods and because of nearly limitless bandwidth they likely won't get in the habit of over compressing signals like some cable operators or the previous actions of some satellite providers. |
