tschmidt
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Re: Thanks Verizon
All networks have choke points. What differs is where they occur and how much it costs to increase capability. Raw bandwidth is cheap it is the cable that is expensive. The most expensive "cable" is customer first-mile access network.
Choke point for FTTP and DSL is at CO or DSLAM. It is relatively cheap to increase transmission performance.
Choke point for Cable DOCSIS is at the node, making it relatively expensive to increase capability.
That is why you see Cablecos going after "bandwidth hogs" and not Telcos. Verizon is using that as a marketing tool, they would be stupid not to. Verizon also wants to use FIOS to roll out IPTV. Cable will be hard pressed to compete due to limited network capacity.
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