Re: RCN/Comcast/FIOS summary [was Re: FIOS installation in the house]

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:53:43 -0400 
Derek Atkins <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Ben Eisenbraun <[hidden email]> writes: 
> 
> >> It also sounds like RCN has the best overall deal, and true twisted pair 
> >> to CO that is CO-powered vs customer-premise-powered? 
> > 
> > For RCN it's only twisted pair to the NIU mounted on your wall.  It's coax from 
> > there to the local optical node and then fiber back to the CO.  The network is 
> > powered via street power on the poles with battery backup in the beige boxes 
> > bolted to the poles every few blocks. 
> 
> That's not what it's like at my house -- it's twisted-pair from 
> the pole to my house.  Now, I DO believe that it's fiber or coax 
> at the pole, and power comes from the pole, not the CO.  But it's 
> certainly POTS from the pole all the way to my phone. 
> 
> > At least that was the case when I worked there ~7 years ago.  I don't believe 
> > their plant has changed that much. 
> 
> Maybe the plant varies city by city?