seaman
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Seattle, WA | So why is it good
For those of who see the term FIOS all over the place... what are some of the advantages of Fiber to the Home over existing technologies? |
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cdru
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Fort Wayne, IN
| In no particular order:
-Potential for obcene speeds if the telcos wanted to in the future.
-Expansion into the "CATV" market - competition is always good
-Faster immediate speeds then are available to most via DSL
-No more "your loop length is too long" excuses
-Cheaper for the telco to operate in the long run(excluding initial roll-out costs)
-Allows telcos to eventually phase out expensive, aging analog POTS equipment.
-In some cases will replace decades old infrastructure that badly needed replaced anyways
-Potential phone line quality improvement
The advantages do come at a cost though. The disadvantages are:
-Cuts the competition out of the picture as the ILEC doesn't have to share the line with CLECs (telco advantage)
-Power requirement for the ONT - BBU/UPS don't last forever when running off of the battery. |
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DaSneaky1D
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The Lou
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said by seaman  :For those of who see the term FIOS all over the place... what are some of the advantages of Fiber to the Home over existing technologies? The biggest advantage, as combined from above, is that a company becomes your "SP", not just an ISP. Compeition won't be down to the component level as it is now.
Bundled deals and IP centric network services (video, telephony, Internet) are only possible with the proper conduit. By Verizon deploying fiber, they are putting themselves in a position to realistically do this...Not attempting half baked BellSouth and SBC deployments of fiber to the node, then twisted pair to the home.
Cable is already there by having at least coax to the home. It allows for much greater bandwidth than twisted pair wiring. And cable is already offering these services.
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seaman
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Seattle, WA
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Thanks cdru and DaSneaky1D for sharing this information. I learned from it. Seems like fiber deployment will usher in a lot of cool services. However, I am concerned about a market where there is little or no competition. The introduction of fiber to the home and the market advantage that comes with it looks like a cable monopoly redux. Nice to have it but at what cost? |
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DaSneaky1D
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The Lou | That's exactly what it is. Everything is becoming a "duopoly", you get all your services from the Telco or from the Cableco.
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Anti_Cyrix
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Sacramento, CA
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said by cdru :Power requirement for the ONT - BBU/UPS don't last forever when running off of the battery. Here is a detailed picture of that battery. Does the red LED mean that the battery is bad? Or something is screwed up? |
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cdru
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| said by Anti_Cyrix :said by cdru :Power requirement for the ONT - BBU/UPS don't last forever when running off of the battery. Here is a detailed picture of that battery. Does the red LED mean that the battery is bad? Or something is screwed up? According to the user manual, it means the battery is not connected or it has a fault. Check and make sure it's plugged incorrectly. |
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seaman
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Seattle, WA
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said by Anti_Cyrix :Does the red LED mean that the battery is bad? Or something is screwed up? Most likely a ground fault warning (or the battery is dead). You can test the battery by yanking the power cord out and seeing if your system goes down. I am not an electrician but I would take a ground fault warning seriously and get it fixed. |
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