ashworth
join:2001-10-06
Pittsburgh, PA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to amungus
Re: lowly schmoe
Key word you used "uninformed"...I think that says it all.. To compare a fiber optic line to the side of your home(CAT5e or better to computer), compared to fiber used for back haul(cable)...hmmm...and their bonded cable DOCSIS 3.x, 4x...whatever will never be able to compete with FTTP. Isn't PR & marketing great !! |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| It won't be able to "compete"? Are you really sure about that?
It's certianly not as future proof as full FTTH, but with a variety of new things coming out for cable (1ghz, DOCSIS 3, MPEG 4, deprecation of analog), cable will be able to hold its own for a really long time. Its pretty amazing to see how far the cablecos have been able to push the old DOCSIS 1.1 standard when provoked by Verizon. There is really a tremendous amount of bandwidth potential on coax. |
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