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dvd536
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reply to ShootToThril
Re: For Crying out loud!

said by ShootToThril See Profile :

If they deployed the super advanced FIOS network, couldn't they just let people pay for a 3mbps connection over that fios connection instead of thinking "Oh... we need copper for that". I mean this new technology from space can't be provisioned to lower speeds???... And for that matter, would phone service not work over FIOS.
Can't do POTS over fibre, thats what this is all about. POTS which can also do lineshare DSL.
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pcnetworx1

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July 9th, @08:40PM

said by dvd536 See Profile :

Can't do POTS over fibre.
Can't do LINE POWERED POTS over fibre. Not "can't do POTS."

myokitis

join:2004-06-19
Alexandria, VA
reply to dvd536
Of Course VZ Does POTS over Fiber

Get your facts straight before you post. VZ WANTS to sell their triple-play (voice/data/video) over fiber. And the voice is POTS. Yes, POTS.

Time4aNAP
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reply to pcnetworx1
Re: For Crying out loud!

said by pcnetworx1 See Profile :

Can't do LINE POWERED POTS over fibre. Not "can't do POTS."
Six of one, a half-dozen of the other. There's nothing "plain" or "old" about the equipment necessary to make any telephone work over fiber. And POTS does in fact include all of the necessary electrical power and signaling required for a POT to work with it. If an old western electric phone can't use it, it's not POTS.

Time4aNAP
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reply to myokitis
Re: Of Course VZ Does POTS over Fiber

Sorry, but your personal private definition of POTS is not the widely accepted definition. Playing with semantics doesn't alter the facts.


PGHammer

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reply to dvd536
Re: For Crying out loud!

Can't do POTS over fiber? Two words: get real. VZ does POTS over FiOS every day (the typical voice service they deploy over fiber is *not* BroadWing (their branded VoIP service) but actually a fiber-based POTS - copper inside the premises, but fiber starting at the NIM/NID). The current trend in *greenfield* developments is for FiOS preinstallation, where you *start* with fiber-based POTS (and the NIM/NID went in with the rest of the household pre-wiring).
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