ONTs are FIOS' bottleneck

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GadgetVirtu join:2008-08-10 Fort Worth, TX Reviews: ·Clearwire Wireless	ONTs are FIOS' bottleneck If Verizon intends to offer 100mb anything they are going to need to increase the bandwidth from the ONT. I've got a 10/100/1000 router but the best I could do is 100mb from the ONT, some of which will be used by STBs. Now if they are going to enable both Ethernet and COAX from the ONT at the same time we might have something but I don't see that happening, even if the current Westell modems are capable.
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jmn1207 Premium join:2000-07-19 Ashburn, VA	said by GadgetVirtu: If Verizon intends to offer 100mb anything they are going to need to increase the bandwidth from the ONT. I've got a 10/100/1000 router but the best I could do is 100mb from the ONT, some of which will be used by STBs. Now if they are going to enable both Ethernet and COAX from the ONT at the same time we might have something but I don't see that happening, even if the current Westell modems are capable. The GPON ONT's appear to have the capability to be provisioned for Gigabit speeds, at least the Alcatel at my house seems to have this ability.
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fifty nine join:2002-09-25 Sussex, NJ kudos:1	said by jmn1207: said by GadgetVirtu: If Verizon intends to offer 100mb anything they are going to need to increase the bandwidth from the ONT. I've got a 10/100/1000 router but the best I could do is 100mb from the ONT, some of which will be used by STBs. Now if they are going to enable both Ethernet and COAX from the ONT at the same time we might have something but I don't see that happening, even if the current Westell modems are capable. The GPON ONT's appear to have the capability to be provisioned for Gigabit speeds, at least the Alcatel at my house seems to have this ability. That is true, but the last mile can only go 400Mbps without being oversubscribed.
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jmn1207 Premium join:2000-07-19 Ashburn, VA	said by fifty nine: said by jmn1207: said by GadgetVirtu: If Verizon intends to offer 100mb anything they are going to need to increase the bandwidth from the ONT. I've got a 10/100/1000 router but the best I could do is 100mb from the ONT, some of which will be used by STBs. Now if they are going to enable both Ethernet and COAX from the ONT at the same time we might have something but I don't see that happening, even if the current Westell modems are capable. The GPON ONT's appear to have the capability to be provisioned for Gigabit speeds, at least the Alcatel at my house seems to have this ability. That is true, but the last mile can only go 400Mbps without being oversubscribed. Since when has oversubscription prevented anyone from offering those speeds?
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Tzale Proud Libertarian Conservative Premium join:2004-01-06 NYC Metro	reply to fifty nine said by fifty nine: said by jmn1207: said by GadgetVirtu: If Verizon intends to offer 100mb anything they are going to need to increase the bandwidth from the ONT. I've got a 10/100/1000 router but the best I could do is 100mb from the ONT, some of which will be used by STBs. Now if they are going to enable both Ethernet and COAX from the ONT at the same time we might have something but I don't see that happening, even if the current Westell modems are capable. The GPON ONT's appear to have the capability to be provisioned for Gigabit speeds, at least the Alcatel at my house seems to have this ability. That is true, but the last mile can only go 400Mbps without being oversubscribed. It can easily be expanded.... And if they offered 1gbps (or close to it) in the future, then "overselling" would be expected..... I seriously doubt ANYONE could use that much bandwidth within the next decade or so.... Perhaps once holographic movies become the norm for entertainment. -Tzale -- They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -:- "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."~Ronald Reagan
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patcat88 join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY kudos:1	said by Tzale: It can easily be expanded.... And if they offered 1gbps (or close to it) in the future, then "overselling" would be expected..... I seriously doubt ANYONE could use that much bandwidth within the next decade or so.... Perhaps once holographic movies become the norm for entertainment. -Tzale Newsgroups, 1 click file hosting? And P2P can saturate an upload until your HD (better invest in RAID) chokes. I've done 70 mbitps uploads. Non-stop disk thrashing.
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Tzale Proud Libertarian Conservative Premium join:2004-01-06 NYC Metro	said by patcat88: said by Tzale: It can easily be expanded.... And if they offered 1gbps (or close to it) in the future, then "overselling" would be expected..... I seriously doubt ANYONE could use that much bandwidth within the next decade or so.... Perhaps once holographic movies become the norm for entertainment. -Tzale Newsgroups, 1 click file hosting? And P2P can saturate an upload until your HD (better invest in RAID) chokes. I've done 70 mbitps uploads. Non-stop disk thrashing. I seriously doubt anyone could need 1gbps... And either way, it is absurd to be demanding 1gbps today.... Even the most hardcore P2P users don't need that much bandwidth... Maybe 10-20 years from now... -Tzale -- They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -:- "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."~Ronald Reagan
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GadgetVirtu join:2008-08-10 Fort Worth, TX	reply to jmn1207 I noticed my Trendnet is displaying a Gb connection to the ONT. We were just installed in mid-April 2009.
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