| FTTH with Cable? Not Likely! Let me preface this with the fact that I am a CATV Technician, a proper cable company employed one at that. The Beauty of COAX is that it has more than enough capacity. Even Fiber Deep Nodes (CATV Fiber to the Neighborhood) is WAY more than 500' from subscriber premises, unless you are luckily right next to the node, though with cable it does not matter how close to the node you are. In the end, other than utilization and signal degradation from amplification, it does not really matter how far away from the node you are, within reason. most pole spans (and underground spans) between homes are 150' or more, and there are a lot of them in the cable plant. |
iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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 ·Comcast
| Do you actually work for CableOne? If so, pray tell why they haven't put their capacity to good use and pushed DOCSIS 3 speeds over their oh-so-brilliant coax.
Also, "more than enough" doesn't equal" superior" in terms of capacity. You use the infrastructure because it's there, not because it's the best. GPON setups nowadays can push a 1 GHz coax feed on one wavelength and 2.488/1.244 Gbit shared internet on another two wavelengths. You lose cable at the 1GHz market nine times out of ten (plant tends to be 750-860 MHz) and even 1GHz cable plant can't compete with 1GHz AND a large internet feed.
Don't get me wrong, I like my 22/5 Comcast connection. But I defy you to find me a single US operator who offers 20 Mbps up on a coaxial system. There aren't any, plain and simple. Fiber operators do this on a regular basis (not just FiOS). |
