 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT
1 edit | I agree.
It seems the business model is "Use the same technology over and over again.. and never upgrade to better stuff.." They expect to make money with this? There's only so much you can do with the century-old copper pair.
Hell, even Cable isn't that old.. and with DOCSIS 3.0 out, speeds will get better. Not to mention more reliable over long distances.
I do admit that DSL and Cable will have to go with Fiber eventually.. But that'll mean more options for the consumer. It'd be as simple as plugging in a fiber to (insert your providers name here) port since everyone's using Fiber.
Sure, you probably can't run DOCSIS through a copper pair.. and you probably can't run DSL through a Coax. But if everyone switched to Fiber, there could be a universal standard. That would be better competition for everyone.
I wonder when the ol' Copper Pair will finally be rendered totally unusable. It's already obsolete.
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Cheese
copper pair is dead.
Verizon went with FTTH so they would have a product worthy of fighting cable with. DSL is a deadend tech thanks to its stupid short distance restrictions compared to DOCSIS and Fiber.
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JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1 | said by Kearnstd:copper pair is dead. Verizon went with FTTH so they would have a product worthy of fighting cable with. DSL is a deadend tech thanks to its stupid short distance restrictions compared to DOCSIS and Fiber. Absolutely right. What if Verizon DIDN'T do FiOS? Would DSL be able to compete with cable HSI, especially now that DOCSIS 3.0 is starting to get rolled out? And with all the bundling that's going on, would Verizon be able to hold onto their existing landline customers? Or would those customers bundle their voice service in with their cable TV and HSI service? Judging by the bundling that's going on out there, I think the answer is obvious. FiOS gives Verizon the ability to compete. Not only does it move them into the video area (which is hugely profitable)... not only does it give them the ablity to more than compete with cable for HSI... but it gives them the ability to retain landline customers when they bundle in their services.
I've never understood why analysts like this one couldn't see that. If Verizon didn't do this, they'd be cratering right now. Their only profitable area would be their wireless business. I don't think Verizon really had much of a choice - it was either do something like this, or die. |
