Built our home almost 11 years ago, at that time there were so many different kinds of fiber cable there was no use running a strand to the outside of the house, I would have chosen the wrong type for sure.
I had to recently “unbutton” the wall to the outside, it’s a huge job but I needed to get the Dish Network cable line into the house, AT&T was going to lower my bill $50.00 a month if I would combine the phone, U-Verse with the Dish network, so to save $600.00 a year AND have the TV I had to do it. The work to do this is about more than I like to face, ceiling has to come out, the electrical boxes have to have the front covers removed so I can remove the plywood wall covering…tight quarters... I ordered more coax and will run two more connections to the outside but while everything is laying in the floor I wondered if the fiber cable has been standardized to where I could run a connection “just in case” somewhere down the road TimeWarner (or whomever) decides to run the fiber the last mile to pass by the residence…. Anyone know the facts about fiber? Is there a standard that all conform to? There was a guy at the doctors office yesterday installing TV’s for the doctor, I ask him about the new modem’s Comcast is bringing out but this guy lived in Florence, KY and his town is fiber so who knows, maybe one day it will happen.. Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch, be safe tonight, go to bed at 9:00!! John _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
