VideoGuy
@verizon.net
| reply to amungus
Re: lowly schmoe
"It all gets converted to coax somewhere along the way..."
That's true of FiOS TV too, right? Light to coax to TV. Both use QAM based digital and analog. Same channels, same Motorola set top box, similar price. One goes from light to coax down the street and the other outside your house. Meh. What's the diff?
Now, internet on the other hand, that's a different story... |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | 10x less analog channels, and no DOCSIS or VOD streams to eat up bandwidth. Tell cable to do that. |
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rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT
| reply to VideoGuy
The difference is the fiber is at the house, terminated into a box attached to the side. That fiber has nearly infinate bandwidth in comparison to that chunk of copper that you share with 1500 people. You know there is a difference, you're just being a fanboi. For the record I'm in Comcast and Qwest territory and use DirecTV for my TV and Qwest for my internet.
Anyone with a brain knows there is a major difference in long term use of having a fiber right to your house and having a piece of copper running to your home. Verzion has nearly limitless options in future upgradeability with minimal cost. They could in theory deliver 10 independent full cable systems with 200+ channels each on that fiber along with gigabit ethernet without breaking a sweat, if equipment to utilize it and the actual content existed. That future proofing allows Verizon to react quicker to newer technology and delivery methods and because of nearly limitless bandwidth they likely won't get in the habit of over compressing signals like some cable operators or the previous actions of some satellite providers. |
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