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

["Derek Atkins" <user=54@nabble.blu.org>]

 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? 

-derek 
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