So let me get this straight, FIOS is over fiberoptics, but can it or can it not be transferred via satellite to other companies. Ex/ Dish could offer the FIOS service to its subscribers if they liscensed a deal to do this with them. Is that right?
Major SatelliteGuys FIOS Rumor!
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Are they basically glorified cable companies? Do they have to hook up a whole town, or is it user centric?
How does the rollout look to happen?
How does the rollout look to happen?
All over. It's not just in 1 or 2 areas. Last I heard it was in 11 or 12 different states (various stages from planned all the way to opperational). Most areas are near larger metropolitan areas.mwgiii said:
This site may be albe to give you more specifics as to your area. DSLReports also is probably the best place for deployment reports. Sorry SatGuys...your just not there yet.
Great site. They've got about a dozen cities targeted in my county, but alas Brielle is not one of them. Interesting to watch though. Cablevision is pushing 10Mbps through my internet connection at home and Verizon looks to blow even THAT away.
This one snuck up on me. I haven't been folowing this at all, but I will now. Thanks for the heads up all.
This one snuck up on me. I haven't been folowing this at all, but I will now. Thanks for the heads up all.
Im skeptical.....
Cablevision signing a deal with verizon? dude Verizon is Cablevision's direct competitor... and they are TARGETING cablevision areas.... I really do not think this is possible..
But in the event that its true.... somebody PLZZZZZZZZZZ gimme some fiber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cablevision signing a deal with verizon? dude Verizon is Cablevision's direct competitor... and they are TARGETING cablevision areas.... I really do not think this is possible..
But in the event that its true.... somebody PLZZZZZZZZZZ gimme some fiber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I check out DLSreports for my area and our very own Verizon FIOS in Virginia thread combined with our FIOS Forum has more information, but I'm just one person in one small area of this great big Commonwealth. I just wish we could get people to post their sightings in the FiOS Forum more often.cdru said:
If so, perhaps it could one day be as good as the VOOM DBS Forum before its demise.Calling Scott and Mods...what can you do to beef up awareness of the FiOS Forum? The FiOS Forum is shaping up very well...just need everyone to know that HighTechTV is the FiOS Information Source.
riffjim4069 said:I check out DLSreports for my area and our very own Verizon FIOS in Virginia thread combined with our FIOS Forum has more information, but I'm just one person in one small area of this great big Commonwealth. I just wish we could get people to post their sightings in the FiOS Forum more often.
Calling Scott and Mods...what can you do to beef up awareness of the FiOS Forum? The FiOS Forum is shaping up very well...just need everyone to know that HighTechTV is the FiOS Information Source.
we have a couple of staff who have good contacts. we are working hard to become a better information source for FiOS and hope to have more for everyone shortly.
also, scott posted the breaking news on the front page. before today, the most people i have seen in the fios forum at one time was 10. the time i looked at it today, we had 183. as fios becomes more popular, the traffic for us will increase.
BobMurdoch said:
Do you really not know who Verizon is? They are first and foremost a very large Telicom corporation. In other words phone company/ cell phone company. Haven't you ever heard the commercial where the dude is all over the country saying can you hear me now?
They started laying fiber down to upgrade their phone lines, and to offer higher DSL speeds. Then they realized there is enough bandwidth left over to offer television programming and a lot of it. So they started seeing the green. And here we are.
basically its a 10 year project .They are systematically going neighbor hood to neighborhood(CENTRAL OFFICE TO CENTRAL OFFICE) They are replacing all the existing copper plant with fiber to the premis. Its easy to tell which neighborhoods have been converted.. Instead of having a small attractive (gray box)(nid) on the side of their house they will have a 4 ft by 4 ft monstrosity that will convert light signals( fiber) into electricity(copper)..This single fiber will provide telephone, internet and television . To receive tv you will and additinal set top box for each tv. There are still lots and lots of bugs to work out!!! Keller Texas is only a trial and Verizon is years away from nationwide television service that will effectively compete with cable and satelliteBobMurdoch said:
ummm I know my facts very well thank you (yes i did exagerate)ther not "splitters" those are nodes..and yes verizon is gonna mount them on sides of houses unlike cable companiesCJPC said:
Juan, What physical proof or where have you seen or heard Verizon putting a FDH (Fiber Distribution Hub) on a customers premise?
You are telling me that they would install a 216 FDH or a 432 FDH on a house and expect access each and every time it needed service. Even if the customer had a dog or the house did not have aright of way. For such a vital and important piece of equipment that brings serves maybe 216 homes you think they would install it on a house?
You are telling me that they would install a 216 FDH or a 432 FDH on a house and expect access each and every time it needed service. Even if the customer had a dog or the house did not have aright of way. For such a vital and important piece of equipment that brings serves maybe 216 homes you think they would install it on a house?
Heres the CPE: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/splunk/fios/ont.jpg (ie the ONT that goes on any install from 1-10)
heres the 'splitter': http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=box5zk.jpg
(yes it is a 'splitter' ie laymans terms, one fiber cable w/ multi strands to individual cables): http://www22.verizon.com/about/community/ma/images/fttp_architecture.jpg )
Now on installs 11+, they may mount something similiar in size to your 4x4 box, but only for apartment buildings (11+ installs etc)
(not my pics, found em via a search, and sry on all the links!)
heres the 'splitter': http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=box5zk.jpg
(yes it is a 'splitter' ie laymans terms, one fiber cable w/ multi strands to individual cables): http://www22.verizon.com/about/community/ma/images/fttp_architecture.jpg )
Now on installs 11+, they may mount something similiar in size to your 4x4 box, but only for apartment buildings (11+ installs etc)
(not my pics, found em via a search, and sry on all the links!)
sampatterson said:
Or the South Atlanta suburbs unless they buy Adelphia as well BS would never do this. As a matter of fact, BS is thinking of rolling out the half-ass fiber over builds that the cable companies are already sorry about.
Look, here is the bottom line. The continental US needs to have its entire copper plant replaced by single mode fiber. Every house, old gas station, & MUD. All SLC huts need to go the way of the Dodo & should be converted DWDM ASAP.
Of course this will not happen (willingly) in our lifetimes.
Why not? Fox owned DirecTV, yet is 99% complete in their retransmit agreement. Time-Warner also owns HBO, TBS, WB, etc yet also runs Time-Warner Cable. Yet they they too have agreements (or will) with Verizon. They all know that ultimately they aren't going to stop Verizon from competiting with them...so they at least want a piece of the pie from Verizon's customers.daInvincibleGama said:
Now I'm even more dpressed that Verizon isn't in my town at all. First the super fast, cheap broadband, and now this?!
On the side of the house they will mount an ONT. It's about the size as an electric meter box. At this point, the fiber is terminated and split into 3 different types of connections. The first is phone lines. The one in the picture has jacks for up to 4 lines I beleive. Next is the single data port. This leads to a router that can further provide access to multiple computers. Finally on the bottom is a F-connector. A standard coax cable then can be used, split, etc just like a CATV signal can be. Basic channels don't require a receiver. Enhanced basic requires a box at each TV, much like digital cable or satellite would. There really isn't anything special about them as they essentially work the same way a cable box does.stevelite said:
LonghornXP said:
GOD I hope they are successful in breaking the D* monopoly on the NFL (it's basically what lead the gouging every year not to mention the superfan fiasco). I like D*, but this is one area I would like to see them brought to their knees
. I think the fiber cable fight will be much more long and drawn out if texas is a model of things to come. There's too many rules and too bureacracy involved that is individual to each state. It would be awesome though if they pull it off.
