TavokkPremium
join:2009-05-05
Smyrna, DE | Hybrid Eventually, it all turns to coaxial or something other than fiber if you want to connect it to your cable box, tivo, pc tv card, etc. All networks are hybrid at some level, good luck at getting the companies to admit that fact. |
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| I see your point but it's not a genuine comparison.
Imagine if Clear had a network manager that said:
"we're so happy that we've found technologies that allow us to use wireless to adequately address customer demand for last mile"
Then some PR dude from Clear says later: "Actually the connection is 90% fiber based therefore clear sells essentially a fiber or equivalent to fiber connection"
And then you say::"heck yeah that PR guy is right, i mean after fios gets to your house you convert it to wireless for you laptop so he is basically right in saying that they are essentially fiber just like fios" |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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said by Tavokk:Eventually, it all turns to coaxial or something other than fiber if you want to connect it to your cable box, tivo, pc tv card, etc. All networks are hybrid at some level, good luck at getting the companies to admit that fact. Not for long
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=khPx1dEIPnA |
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| said by patcat88:said by Tavokk:Eventually, it all turns to coaxial or something other than fiber if you want to connect it to your cable box, tivo, pc tv card, etc. All networks are hybrid at some level, good luck at getting the companies to admit that fact. Not for long (youtube clip) Sooner or later the last mile WILL be fiber.. it's just a matter of what STANDARD for termination will be utilized. USB 3.0 is already terminating in a FIBER/copper hybrid system and it will only be a matter of time before SATA goes fiber as well (not that hard drives need that kind of bandwidth, even in raid configs).
However, leave it to the cable & telcos to milk what they have for as long as the consumer is stupid enough to buy below 1 megabit dsl from companies such as qwest . Those major cities in the southwest should throw qwest overboard and build their own fiber network out (don't care if it's muni or anything other than the big 3 telco/cablecos). There is absolutely no reason why in the 2000s that part of the usa should have 1980s infrastructure... equivalent to fractional t1 lines (or worse, nothing at all). |
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