Doug LaRue wrote:
** Reply to message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:23:48 -0700
Since when was fiber an option in homes? I thought this was called "the last
mile" problem that was never going to be solved. Are you telling me some
neighborhoods got fiber now? Yikes.
the U-Verse fiber runs to the neighborhood server boxes. Think of it like this,
Your coax cable carries all frequencies/channels at one time and you tune one
to watch it. With the U-Verse setup, they put all channel data on the fiber and
then when you sign up, you get 3 tuners in the neighborhood server box which
you remotely control to pick your channels. Those channels get you your home
over copper wires but only those channels of video.
That's really interesting. And actually it's a really good technology
choice. Swapping processing power for bandwidth is almost always a good
call.
-a
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