redxii
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Broadband Tweaks
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Fiber Optic
AOL Broadband
|  What can we do to...
boost the popularity of this forum? Join the LIGHTSPEED UNDERGROUND today!
ANYONE VISITING FIBER OPTICS, REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS, OR LURKERS WHO WISH TO HELP BOOST THE POPULARITY OF THIS FORUM, CONSIDER adding the OFFICIAL .SIG OF THE FIBER OPTICS FORUM to your profile.
Our mission is to become the #1 link on a Google search for the terms "fiber optic internet", and to do that we need to boost our hit count (I think). Anyway, it's always better for the forum to have more people coming by for a visit! (even if just for a look to see what we're up to)
IF you'd like to participate, follow these simple steps:
1. "Copy" the text/HTML one of the phrases located at the bottom of this post
2. Be careful, it's HTML, and will work only if pasted as-is
3. Click on Preferences, grey strip, upper right
4. Click on Forum Prefs, in the vertical strip on the left
5. "Paste" the text/HTML phrase into the text box marked "posting .sig"
6. Identify yourself to the DSLR world as a member of the LIGHTSPEED UNDERGROUND simply by posting with your .sig showing
7. Whip out the evil grin, because you are clearly a superior upright biped. 
Forget Seti, Folding and Team Helix! They are amateurs spinning their disks. Become a member of the
LIGHTSPEED UNDERGROUND
and be the envy of your peer-to-peers.
The only qualification for membership is a toobad attitude toward inferior lastmile technologies and the sincere belief that fiber optic access is the future of broadband. Nice hair helps, but is not a prerequisite. 
"May we all get fiber to our homes and offices before we're too old or dead to enjoy it." -- Che Guevara
Sig #1
First rule of <A HREF="http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/ftth">fiber optics</A>: you do <b>not</b> talk about <A HREF="http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/ftth">fiber optics</A>
Sig #2
<A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/ftth">Fiber Optics</A> is the future of high-speed internet access. Stop by the <A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/ftth">BBR Fiber Optic Forum</A>.
Change dslreports to broadbandreports.com if you wish.
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Fiber Optics is the future of high-speed internet access. Stop by the BBR Fiber Optic Forum.
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livininarizona
Premium
join:2001-08-05
Merced, CA
clubs:   |  FIBER TO THE CURB FOR EVERYONE...that is my new posting .sig as of 1 min. from now!
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livininarizona
Premium
join:2001-08-05
Merced, CA
clubs: | reply to redxii
I love fiber-optics!  |
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zimrules1
Off The Hook, Yet Still Connected.
join:2001-04-09
Cumming, GA | reply to redxii
uhh, until people actually begin having FTTC/FTTH on a *widespread* basis, I don't think we'll see many folks wander by. Just my 2 cents.
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Brendan
Warr Guitar is here
join:2000-07-14
Littleton, CO | Agreed. Until some real deployment happens, it will be a tea-time discussion. |
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bmn
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | said by PIC:
Agreed. Until some real deployment happens...
Pipe dream, a total pipe dream... |
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Istari
join:2002-01-12
West Sacramento, CA | reply to redxii
sounds good
Ill add it soon, still waiting for WINFirst and hope they pull through. |
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zimrules1
Off The Hook, Yet Still Connected.
join:2001-04-09
Cumming, GA
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Re: What can we do to...
I dunno about pipe dream. I'm in BellSouth land, where most new developments in the last 5 years have FTTC. Problem is, for most, it's only used for vox service. If they ever figure out what they are gonna do with it, there will be an influx of folks wanting to know all about expanded FO capabilities/technologies etc. But that is a big *if* the service ever goes live. Only time will tell.
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redxii
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Austin, TX
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AOL Broadband
| I heard BellSouth is discontinuing IFITL development. I don't know the full story on that but I think they are trying to find some other way to utilize the fiber in their 9 state areas for internet. I think that if a fiber optic telephone isn't being used for internet access, it's a big waste .
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zimrules1
Off The Hook, Yet Still Connected.
join:2001-04-09
Cumming, GA
| BS *did* stop new IFITL development. IFITL != DFITL (which is what they are calling the new "card swap for fastaccess without cable tv" systems).
Right now, they're trying to figure out which vendor to use for the cards that will live in the ONU's, since Marconi isn't in that business anymore. Alacatel seems to be their preferred vendor, but everyone knows Ma Bell, this could take a LONG time.
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ironetik
join:2002-05-19
Carmichael, CA | Go FTTH! |
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redxii
too big to fail
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join:2001-02-26
Austin, TX | Everything seems to be going well. I noticed more posters. |
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It is your birthday.
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join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
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Well, I think this forum will go way up by the time FTTH and FTTC go mainstream. Then this place will be busy, and you'll be asking us to take the link out of the sig..
By the way, I'm representing the forum now. Just added it to my sig...
oWn3d
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Lanik
Lab-nik
Premium,ExMod 2002-03
join:2001-06-25
Bay Area
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| With 70 people currently posting in this channel ... don't know. Unless FTTH or FTTC hits every home very soon I don't see that happening. Curretly the status of those companies that do provide that service is not too good. Just look at WinFirst, sure there might be a new buyer soon but neither of those companies are out of the woods yet.
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IcEr3K
Premium
join:2001-01-19
Los Angeles, CA
clubs: | reply to redxii
Nice siggy! |
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godgundam
Im A Ps2 Fanboy Cuz I Dis Xbox
Premium
join:2002-01-08
Forest Hills, NY | reply to redxii
I wanna Fiber but Fiber don't want me~~~~~!
Why No Fiber in NYC? Downtown No Fiber? Not Fair! |
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ironetik2
@66.205.x.x | reply to Lanik
SureWest (Part of Roseville Telephone) who might buy winfirst has been around for a long time and already offers fiber to certain areas the also offer t-1 and t-3 services and cellphone service etc. |
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Juggs
Watching in silence
Premium
join:2001-01-03
Aurora, CO
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I check this forum a lot, but it seems to be dead most of the time. Hopefully this will raise some questions from others who don't know much about fiber and it's capabilities. This is the future of communication for us.
Scott
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Wrath
join:2000-10-31
Philadelphia, PA
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Glad to help
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First rule of fiber optics: you do not talk about fiber optics |
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Pizz
Hi
join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY | reply to redxii
i tell you why i dont post here!
i'm too jealous of the people here having t1-to whatever is out there now |
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