 Chris 313Come get somePremium
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Houma, LA
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Re: The Future said by jadebangle:said by Chris 313:Fiber is the future. Verizon saw that when they started FiOS in the beginning. With them being able to basically offer any speed/content they want with a few equipment upgrades, things make me wonder how Cable will compete. I'm glad Verizon is weathering the recession and hiring people to keep up. This project that'll take years to complete will give tons of people their needed jobs. I think 2009-2010 will be a hell of a war in Broadband services. fiber need no maintenance, super fast and save the company lots of money These saving will also cost us the consumer less and we have a win win situation. Just one time cost of installation will last an entire lifetime. No need to have a truckroll due to unhappy customer complaining about poor signal or connection problem Maybe the fiber itself needs no maintenance (Unless you count line cuts or things like that.) but I'm talking more about the equipment at the head end and things like that.
If fiber things really needed no maintenance, then why are they switching from the earlier BPON to the GPON equipment they're using now? Wasn't it fast enough to start with? |
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 jmn1207Premium
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Ashburn, VA | said by Chris 313:If fiber things really needed no maintenance, then why are they switching from the earlier BPON to the GPON equipment they're using now? Wasn't it fast enough to start with? The current trend would suggest that BPON is fast enough. Otherwise, Verizon would have swapped out existing PON's, and they have not done this. They are only using GPON for new installs, as this is apparently a more cost-effective solution. |
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Chris 313Come get somePremium
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| said by jmn1207:said by Chris 313:If fiber things really needed no maintenance, then why are they switching from the earlier BPON to the GPON equipment they're using now? Wasn't it fast enough to start with? The current trend would suggest that BPON is fast enough. Otherwise, Verizon would have swapped out existing PON's, and they have not done this. They are only using GPON for new installs, as this is apparently a more cost-effective solution. Sure, but when do you think that the whole footprint would be GPON? Or would they just leave BPON installs as is permanently? |
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 tim_kButtons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, KaseyPremium,VIP
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said by Chris 313:If fiber things really needed no maintenance, then why are they switching from the earlier BPON to the GPON equipment they're using now? Wasn't it fast enough to start with? That is an upgrade, not maintenance.
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