mishaq
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Richardson, TX
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Re: Faster internet but same prices for cable TV
It's called CATV HFC Emulation. They use a wavelength of fiber and dedicate it to the TV section, and from there simply transform it from Fiber to Coax.
»FiOS CAPEX, why not IPTV, VoIP, Data and No ONT
Any respectable cable co in 2005 uses fiber in some part of their backhaul, all verizon is doing is bringing that backhaul to your doorstep  |
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BillTager
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Charlotte, NC | It's not greed. It's called economics.
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Topmounter
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join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO
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umm, not IPTV? I'd be very very interested to know how you can send an analog signal over fiber.
LOL, you are too quick for me mischaej
Historically, most of the video distributed by CableCos and others over fiber has been as QAM MPTS's over 6 MHz analog channels, just because it is the much ballyhooed, mythical elixir called "fiber", does NOT mean it is by default "digital".
It has been only relatively recently that video SPTS's have started to be distributed as IP over a switched data network (usually GigE fiber).
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NOCMan
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Flower Mound, TX | reply to mishaq
Still the "Analog" portion is about 20 channels.. anything more and you require a STB.
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jasonj758
join:2003-12-08
Ashburn, VA
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Damn, beat me to it...:)
wmcbrine is spot on about the experience being mis-leading..I jumped to the same conclusion when I heard FTTP was coming my direction. Good reading re: FTTP / VPON / IPTV
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