SteveCon
IBEW 2222 Boston, MA
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join:2004-09-02
Burlington, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Re: Awesome
said by JPuppy  :More upgrades to existing FiOS customers, when I still can't get it where I live! Nah - reread the part:
"All new builds in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas this year will be GPON."
It's for *NEW* builds. My older BPON technology Fios is staying that way.
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bobgwen
join:2001-07-07
Bartow, FL | I'll bet it will be a long time before it is in Bartow Florida |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to SteveCon
Yes, only new builds starting this year- when we got FiOS installed here recently, the installer said we were among the first in the country to get GPON, which was neat. (Motorola ONT by the way) |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | GPON is neat, but my interest lies in WDM-PON. The day I know I have my own 2.4Gbps link to the CO, then I'll get excited. |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
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 ·Comcast
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said by SteveCon :said by JPuppy :More upgrades to existing FiOS customers, when I still can't get it where I live! Nah - reread the part: "All new builds in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas this year will be GPON." It's for *NEW* builds. My older BPON technology Fios is staying that way. Actually, it's just waiting to be upgraded after the greenfield GPON-only builds. GPON is backward-compatible with BPON (so if you have mismatched equipment (BPON at one end and GPON at the other) you'll only see BPON speeds). If you have a CO with only GPON switchgear, but mixed NIDs, they will only need to swap out the BPON NIDs. That could very well be an issue in parts of MD/DE/NJ/NYS (such as the *infamous rural outliers*). |
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