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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to Austinloop
Re: I can't help but to see it differently In Sacramento, Fiber went into play, replacing microwave fed hubs fiber fed hubs, back around 1991.. It was not necessarily used for two-way communications, however, it did end the limitations of the microwave transmissions and, for the time period, dramatically cleaned up the PQ big time. Fiber has been deployed by both for years on end, but it's how they use it and for what that makes the difference.
Anytime you replace copper with fiber, things are bound to improve. However, it's not to say that if you don't have fiber to the home you don't have good service - that's just plain BS to those who claim it.
In all honestly, this whole advertising BS that people, here, are complaining about and trying to throw conspiracy theory at is also plain BS.
To be honest, no one cares, for the greater part, if fiber is at your door step or in the neighborhood. People care about prices, value for their dollar, options and services available, and reliability.
The truth is, if you could tie two cans together with string and deliver 300 channels of digital cable and a decent high speed internet towards the average consumer at a good price and it's reliable, THE MAJORITY and Plurality of consumers would care two-cents about the fact it was two cans and string as the last mile.
Seriously, this entire thread about fiber is nothing more than fan-boy talk. 95% of the people out there really could most likely care 2 cents about how the service gets to them which is clear.
If it were Verizon's FiOS product being all the rage, they'd have 100% penetration to all homes passed in the areas they serve. The truth is, they don't and they are far from it. That alone should, but it won't, put all the BBR fan-boys notion that "fiber matters" to bed.. but like I said, it won't.
Is this post all in direct relations to what you said, Austin? no.. I just wanted to comment about the deployment of fiber and then a few other things at the same time. | | |
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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA
1 edit | Verizon's FiOS has a record that appears to make it a better overall product wherever it has been deployed. It would most likely be the preferred service in the Twin Cities area if Verizon decided to deploy it there, too.
All I can suggest is to look at any compilation of reviews where FiOS can be rated with any amount of accuracy. In fact, not only FiOS, but FTTH in general seems to have one thing in common wherever it is available. The customers all seem to prefer it over anything else when any measurable rating system is used to judge it. If it wasn't for billing issues, it would be even more embarrassing for cable providers trying to keep up with FiOS.
Deployment of FTTH is time consuming and costly, but it's really just a slow death for cable. Even DOCSIS 3.0, which is hardly even available to most, could be made obsolete with very little cost and effort where fiber has been strung to each residence.
You would be short-sighted to assume that the customers' demands will not continue to increase, and these customers will seek faster and more reliable connections in the near future. Copper simply will not be cost effective for the last mile, be it coaxial or twisted pair. | |
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