http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21847814 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:37 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21848230
The attenuation and SNR through the air versus through the coax makes using the existing coax a no brainer.

Fiber to the home is seriously overkill for most home users.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21848230 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:04:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21848215 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21848215 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:02:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21847879 said by baineschile:

Will cable ever lay last mile fiber? Or will other network upgrades around their current system let them compete with verizon for the next decade....
They will when they need to. You can already get a direct fiber drop from most MSO business class divisions so they have the technology. They have ZERO reason right now to shoulder the expense of running FTTH though. Coax has a lot of life left in it for the majority of people and the 1GHz upgrade extends it even more.

Also, Verizon, FiOS specifically, is a very localized threat to most cable companies. Verizon doesn't serve a very large part of the country, so in the areas where FiOS is the competing product, Cable can roll out DOCSIS 3.0 surgically.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Last-Mile-21847879 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:50:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Last-Mile-21847814 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Last-Mile-21847814 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:36:38 EDT