| Actual / promise ration and FiOS Some people write that they don't get the actual/promised ratio as given in the report. Remember, the report uses a large database and an individual experience may vary from it. From Qwest VDSL, I get consistent upload / download speed >92 % of the advertised speed with a latency of 24 ms. Qwest's statistics in this report are far worse than that.
What struck me in this report is the superior performance of Verizon FiOS. Will some one educate me, why FiOS is far superior to other technologies ?.
I am waiting for a day when Fiber-to-home internet comes to Boulder, CO. |
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| Because fiber does not suffer from line attenuation like copper does and it has a ton more capacity then copper thus they are not as effected by bandwidth constraints that a copper plant will experience. |
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| reply to hutington
FiOS is a pure FTTH deployment, is not oversold at this time, and has excess capacity that Verizon is not selling right now. If you look at other pure FTTH deployments like EPB Fiber »epbfi.com/you-pick/#/fi-tv-essen···ne-basic , they are capable of supporting all possible cutomers at 100Mbps download and 100Mbps upload. Verizon could do the same, but they do not think their target customers are willing to pay for it. Moving laser light through glass fibers has been the superior hardwired data link for many years. It is costly to deploy, but has greater growth potential than twisted wire pair DSL or coaxial cable DOCSIS. By 2020 pure FTTH deployments should be able to easily support 1Gbps downloads and 1Gbps uploads for every possible customer in their service areas. Not even the DOCSIS 3.0 cable supporters are able to claim that possibility with any credibility. |
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| Thanks a lot for sharing your insight. |
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| reply to Skippy25
said by Skippy25:Because fiber does not suffer from line attenuation like copper does and it has a ton more capacity then copper thus they are not as effected by bandwidth constraints that a copper plant will experience.
Fiber does suffer from attenuation and distance limits. Fiber lines must be amplified and repeated at regular intervals. But what Fiber does not suffer from is interference. Fiber interference is so negligible, even over long distances, as to be non-existent. |
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| reply to davidhoffman
Even under gpons the fiber will support 2.4gb down and 1.2gb up, however depending upon the size of the optical bundles and switches in the cabinet (NODE) customers may not see these speeds without futher upgrades. Verizon is not expecting to deliver over 150/75 any time soon. It's just now that 50/8 by cablevision has become affordable and it took about 12+ years for them to offer better bandwidth (within consumer's price range). Using that benchmark, it'll take Comcast 20 years, AT&T 50 years.. Qwest/CenturyTel NEVER + 1 day. |
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