Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| reply to jplove71
Re: FTTH yes, BPL no.
See the other BPL threads for excellent explanations as to why BPL is bad.
And see the article for the reasons why FTTH is so much better:
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"I am just thrilled," Bethel's wife, Trisha, said. The pair took turns demonstrating the high-speed capabilities of the fiber Internet connection, downloading Web pages at 4.0 megabits, about 70 times faster than a 56k dial-up modem.
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jplove71
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join:2001-03-16
Colorado Springs, CO | BPL is not bad. They just need to switch frequencies.
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| said by jplove71  :
BPL is not bad. They just need to switch frequencies.
Huh?
I wasn't even talking about the interference problem with BPL. I was talking about availability and bandwidth.
Elementary physics will tell you that signal loss in fiber optic cable is way below any form of metal cable. A fiber optic signal can go for over 90 miles before needing a repeater. BPL is limited to 5000 feet from the CO before needing a repeater.
BPL is limited to 20 Megabits per second. DOCSIS 2.0 using 64QAM is capable of a maximum bandwidth of 30 MBps. FTTH on the other hand is capable of gigabit speeds. Quite a difference! |
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alfnoid
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join:2002-02-18
| reply to Eat Me
4Mb is one thing when you have one subscriber, but what will happen when you get the whole town online?
Also if you look at Dalton on a map you will see it is pretty small. So this works for them.
Not likely however that many people reading this now will see a connection like this in their own home for years and years (did I say years?) unless you have a lot of money and move to one of the few developments in the country where FTTH is reality.
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| reply to Eat Me
even the purest fiber needs repeating at 50 to 70 miles and needs to be patched at points with a speed shifting fiber and this costs lots of money. how ever i do agree this is the best solution for the last mile.
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zabes63
join:2003-04-05
Batavia, IL
| reply to Eat Me
Hey either one is fine with me. Anything that will kill the duopoly/monopoly stranglehold that SBC/Comcast holds on my community. Although I think that fiber's capacity for will allow it to remain the relevant media far longer than any copper.
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kb2seo
join:2003-08-29
Eton, GA
| reply to alfnoid
Please remember we are talking LIGHT PULSES, Fiber Optics. Cable services can bog down quite a bit, fiber optics has room to spare. Only 30 users can be hooked to one interface from the user ONT.
Once onto the Lines back to the "plant" there is a significant amount of Bandwidth that would be still available even if they all hit Microcrap for a EXPLODER download at once.
So what will happen? Nothing or Next to nothing. Most of the customers are choosing 1.5 Mb anyway. |
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alfnoid
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join:2002-02-18
| I am quite aware of how fiber works. This is not what I was referring to.
What I am referring to is the pipe (to the net) that the city is reselling. What do they have for capacity if the person who put this together is getting 4Mb when they are the only one online?
Anyway I don't need to debate the unknowns of a small GA town.
I think it is great that more and more places are rolling their own and I hope I can find someplace to live that will give me a fiber connection someday soon. Not likely, but hey... I can hope.
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