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| Guy got simple facts WRONG This guy can't even get the simple stuff right (Hanging CMTSs from poles? what is he smoking?). Why should I believe anything he wrote?
How about he come up with simple data like the average amount of data consumers use? Wouldn't that a BASIC and NEEDED FACT for any USAGE argument? |
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This guy can't even get the simple stuff right (Hanging CMTSs from poles? what is he smoking?). The device he's referring to hanging off a pole (where the "high-capacity fiber cable" switches over to "cable TV... wires") isn't a CMTS, it's an HFC node. Which can be pole-mounted or even hung on the cable strand.
If you're going to call someone an idiot, it's best to not be yourself an idiot. |
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| said by DGLewis:said by Shmo :
This guy can't even get the simple stuff right (Hanging CMTSs from poles? what is he smoking?). The device he's referring to hanging off a pole (where the "high-capacity fiber cable" switches over to "cable TV... wires") isn't a CMTS, it's an HFC node. Which can be pole-mounted or even hung on the cable strand. If you're going to call someone an idiot, it's best to not be yourself an idiot. Did YOU READ the article?
said by NY Times :
If the company needs to add a new Cable Modem Termination System, the device that connects cable wires to the Internet, it will pay $6,000 if the device is in one of its existing facilities. And if Comcast needs install a new C.M.T.S. on a pole, stringing a new fiber optic cable to it, the cost is $20,000.
Take your own advice about idiots. |
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 jsz0Premium
join:2008-01-23
Jewett City, CT
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You're absolutely right. This guys facts and numbers are flat out wrong. $6k for a CMTS? That's pure fantasy. The actual cost is at bare minimum 10x more and realistically more like 15x more. A single card for a UBR10k costs 4-5x more than the price he's quoting. It's not that hard to call up a Cisco reseller and find these facts out. Makes me wonder if this guy just made up these numbers without any fact checking at all.
EDIT: Apparently he's confusing the term CMTS with node. High quality journalism. Splitting nodes doesn't solve bandwidth contention at the HFC level unless you spend the money on more capacity on the CMTS side also. That's the expensive part. |
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AJR
join:2009-03-18
Alabaster, AL | said by jsz0:This guys facts and numbers are flat out wrong. $6k for a CMTS? That's pure fantasy. The actual cost is at bare minimum 10x more and realistically more like 15x more. A single card for a UBR10k costs 4-5x more than the price he's quoting. Splitting nodes doesn't solve bandwidth contention at the HFC level unless you spend the money on more capacity on the CMTS side also. That's the expensive part. jsz0,
You are right on the money. A fully loaded Cisco CMTS will cost Hundreds of Thousands of dollars. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by AJR:said by jsz0:This guys facts and numbers are flat out wrong. $6k for a CMTS? That's pure fantasy. The actual cost is at bare minimum 10x more and realistically more like 15x more. A single card for a UBR10k costs 4-5x more than the price he's quoting. Splitting nodes doesn't solve bandwidth contention at the HFC level unless you spend the money on more capacity on the CMTS side also. That's the expensive part. jsz0, You are right on the money. A fully loaded Cisco CMTS will cost Hundreds of Thousands of dollars. How much does a Chinese CMTS cost without the brand name? |
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