Why Run FTTH When You Can Pretend You Do? > Consumer confusion

said by DaneJasper:

All of our networks today have fiber behind them at some level. It's clear that they're trying to mislead the customer.

Coax does have a lot of potential - it's yesterday's technology, but the bandwidth capacity is huge. In a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) deployment, where they've brought the fiber into the neighborhood and just delivered the final leg on coax, that can be shared with a smaller number of end-users.

Next generation DSL products such as ADSL2 and VDSL bring a lot more bandwidth into the home with faster technology and/or by moving the aggregation point closer to the home. But, it's clearly not fiber to the home.

That said, the bottom line should be consistent speed, not what it's carried on. The choice of network topology and investment level sets the stage for the carrier's future, but today, what matters to the consumer is what they can buy, at what price. What color the connector is (orange, black or grey) isn't as important.

-Dane

said by JRW2:

And does not offer anywhere near the speed potential that FTTH can and does.