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Is FTTH Dead?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 11:30 am
Posted on 10/23/17 at 11:30 am
Is fiber-to-the-home overrated? It seems the cable industry and telcos are inventing new technologies all the time that will allow gigabit+ speeds over copper. For instance, ATT is using "G.Fast" which is basically a super fast DSL type of service that can deliver 1 terabit up to 100m and 10 gigabits at 500m.
Cable companies with the newer DOCSIS standards are achieving similar results.
So, is FTTH dying?
Cable companies with the newer DOCSIS standards are achieving similar results.
So, is FTTH dying?
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Posted on 10/23/17 at 12:13 pm to AUstar
I just had it installed by AT&T. So....no?
Posted on 10/23/17 at 12:14 pm to AUstar
No, it's just expensive. Telecom companies will still build on top of existing technologies in order to save money.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 12:50 pm to BigD45
I have FTTH (Ascension Parish, LA) and it has been a fantastic experience for the last 5 years.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 1:15 pm to AUstar
They are pulling fiber all over St. Tammany. I got it last year. So no not dead.
Everything else is just a way to bridge the gap until they get fiber everywhere imo. GPON, which is what ATT uses now, already has a successor known XGS-PON which is a 10Gb symmetric standard, and after that there is NGPON2 which is capable of speeds up to 80Gb.
And both XGS-PON and NGPON2 are backwards compatible with the fiber already in the ground for the current GPON networks.
Everything else is just a way to bridge the gap until they get fiber everywhere imo. GPON, which is what ATT uses now, already has a successor known XGS-PON which is a 10Gb symmetric standard, and after that there is NGPON2 which is capable of speeds up to 80Gb.
And both XGS-PON and NGPON2 are backwards compatible with the fiber already in the ground for the current GPON networks.
This post was edited on 10/23/17 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 10/23/17 at 1:17 pm to AUstar
No. There's only so much blood that can be squeezed out of that turnip. There's a reason Cox and AT&T are spending millions to lay down fiber and turn up FTTH.
You're not getting close to that in real world environments and at long distances. The amount of customers that can get close to a gig on G.Fast is pretty small.
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For instance, ATT is using "G.Fast" which is basically a super fast DSL type of service that can deliver 1 terabit up to 100m and 10 gigabits at 500m.
You're not getting close to that in real world environments and at long distances. The amount of customers that can get close to a gig on G.Fast is pretty small.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 8:28 pm to BigD45
Exactly right. For Copper to be able to deliver the speed and bandwidth that is in store for the future, the cost will outweigh the benefits. Fiber is the only way to go with today’s requirements.
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