MOCA 2.0 Pushes Network Speeds Toward 1 Gbps

said by Romney2012:

So, when do we get FTTD(Fiber to the Device).

said by axus:

Hehe, think how much trouble Verizon has getting it from their network to your house for FIOS!

Running wire isn't cheap.

said by rradina:

Why is this so hard?

FIRST FLOOR: Houses have basements or crawl spaces. Locate the inside wall, drill through the sub-floor into the wall cavity, cut a hole for the wall box next to a stud, Snake the wire through the floor out the drywall hole. Install a box. Done. NOTE: You may have to deal with floor joist insulation in houses with crawl spaces. If the basement is finished...well...you'll have to go external if it's finished with drywall ceilings unless the room is over an unfinished area.

SECOND FLOOR:  Locate a return air duct on the second floor. Remove the grill, drop a rope with a weight. If it's a straight shot, it will come out in the basement. Locate the stud wall in attic and drill into the duct cavity. Run the wire from the basement through the return air duct and into the attic. Once in the attic, you are home free to drop down into inside walls.

said by rradina:

Why is this so hard?

FIRST FLOOR: Houses have basements or crawl spaces. Locate the inside wall, drill through the sub-floor into the wall cavity, cut a hole for the wall box next to a stud, Snake the wire through the floor out the drywall hole. Install a box. Done. NOTE: You may have to deal with floor joist insulation in houses with crawl spaces. If the basement is finished...well...you'll have to go external if it's finished with drywall ceilings unless the room is over an unfinished area.

SECOND FLOOR:  Locate a return air duct on the second floor. Remove the grill, drop a rope with a weight. If it's a straight shot, it will come out in the basement. Locate the stud wall in attic and drill into the duct cavity. Run the wire from the basement through the return air duct and into the attic. Once in the attic, you are home free to drop down into inside walls.

If you cannot find a duct that is a straight shot to the basement, that is, they all make a jog in some direction to join up with a first floor wall before dropping into the basement, usually there's one where the other side of the duct's wall is in a closet. Carefully remove the baseboard trim from the closet wall and carefully cut a hole at the floor into the duct. Use the hole to snake your fish tape through the jog. Replace the drywall, throw some tape and hot mud on it, do a quick sand job, paint and put the baseboard trim back. Most folks don't get too picky about the perfection of a wall in their closet as long as you ask by explaining what you are going to do and they approve.

said by Mr Matt:

Running any wiring or fiber in any modern Two Story House is a real nose bleed. I wanted to install CAT5e to several rooms on the first floor of this house. The electrician indicated that to run wiring to those rooms, would require cutting holes in the first floor ceiling or running the wiring on outside walls through conduit.

said by tshirt:

And WHY would you need FTTD?
1}requires an additional expensive converter for EACH device.
2} puts relatively fragile fiber throughout the house.
3}offers little, if any USEFUL speed advantage to current residential LAN capabilities.

said by jmn1207:

If somebody can come up with a coax solution that can provide similar capacity as current GPON (~2.4 Gbps/1.2 Gbps) technology shared amongst 16-32 users, it will survive for a very long time.

said by majortom1029:

LIke i said its not the coax its the docsis standard. Look into what narad networks was able to do with coax. ITs how docsis uses the coax not the medium itself.

said by majortom1029:

So if MOCA is able to send that much data through coax that should prove that its not coax that is the problem with HFC networks and that its how they USE the coax thats the problem .

said by fifty nine:

Shhhh dont say that, fiber fanboys will be upset!

said by firehawk618:

Keep in mind, MoCA is for SHORT distances. Attenuation on the frequencies used is atrocious over any long distances.

said by majortom1029:

So if MOCA is able to send that much data through coax that should prove that its not coax that is the problem with HFC networks and that its how they USE the coax thats the problem .