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Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband
From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:23:40 -0500
Joel Esler wrote:
I have fiber to the home. I can't imagine going back to "cable modems" now. eww..
I couldn't imagine leaving my VDSL2. I've seen broadband sent to the house via fiber, coax, and copper. I've seen them all done well, and I've seen them all done poorly. All are capable of hitting >50mb/s.
I personally like copper for the splice and cost on drops as well as cost of NID/CPE.
Coax has a lot of bandwidth, but requires you to get as close as you would with copper to do it right and has other issues.
Fiber is the fastest and can run off fewer remote systems, but it has higher costs and maintenance issues.
I would probably run fiber in a densely populated area. In rural America, I would stick with copper off 1.5 mile short loop remotes. A lot depends on what the bandwidth is for. Most of the telco's I work with rarely have a corporate customer paying for more than 10mb/s.
Jack
Current thread:
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband, (continued)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Jack Bates (Aug 27)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Leo Bicknell (Aug 27)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Jack Bates (Aug 27)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Alexander Harrowell (Aug 27)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Fred Baker (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband jim deleskie (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Jack Bates (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Joel Esler (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Jack Bates (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Roy (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Jack Bates (Aug 26)
- Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband Stephen Sprunk (Aug 26)