Fiber to the home - What are the standards ?
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Posted by Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, th on March 5, 2005, 9:30 am
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> >> Are they really going to pull fiber to every house ? Do they do it
> >> all at once or just on new construction and/or when an exist > >> house buys the new service ? >
> >Yep, fiber to every house, all the way *to* the house.
>
> But one strand, not two, from what I was told...It's one > large passive optival network... [ergo: no amps etc in the > field.] > > >> What does the dmarc look like and what do they do with my POTS
phone ?
>
> >The box looks pretty much like a NID just twice as big. 8-(
>
> >Your existing dialtone is swung over to the POTS ports, a Cat-5 run
to
> >the router and then a short setup procedure to authenticate you on
the
> >new FiOS network.
>
> If you opt for POTS over fiber. A friend has the service & decided > to keep his POTS on the copper, at least for now. > > > >Yes, the ONT needs power. A cable is run inside and a small charger
is
> >plugged into a 120v outlet. This keeps the internal battery charged.
As
> >I hear it, the first battery is "on Verizon" but subsequent batteries
of
> >are "on you". A properly functioning battery can supply up to 8 hours > >run time for POTS.
>
> Interesting trivia point..thanks. Guess Ma does not want to be rolling > trucks to replace batteries. Or more likely, they want to sell you a battery maintenance service (like the inside wiring service) for a nice, profitable monthly fee. [snip] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, th on March 5, 2005, 8:11 am
Please log in for more thread options [snip] > are "on you". A properly functioning battery can supply up to 8 hours
of
> run time for POTS.
> > I'm in Langhorne PA and the conduit work has started. Doylestown PA is > already "live" and customers are signing up. I'm told that Langhorne > will go live the end of this year or early 2006. > > I can't wait. I'd be scared spitless. With the vagaries of battery power, limited battery life, and power outages a _lot_ longer than 8 hours (ice storms and hurricanes), it would scare me to have such an unreliable system for emergency purposes. One rat chewing thru a fiber cable could take out a whole city. (Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.) I guess the telcos figure that if you can't get POTS service, you can just call on your cell phone. :-P Also, remember that even if you plug that FiOS wall wart into your own UPS, it won't do a bit of good if the fiber concentrator down the block has also lost power and its battery has run down. And with that situation, you can't run over to your neighbor's house to borrow the phone to call and tell repair that you don't have any phone service. Did you aver get that sinking feeling that someone has really made a big mistake? :-O See this informative and scary URL for more info. http://sffma.net/tech_info_powering.htm > John
> -- > John P. Dearing > A+, Network+, Server+ > To reply: Just drop "YOURPANTS" in my address! 8-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by James Knott on March 5, 2005, 5:02 pm
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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote: > And with that
> situation, you can't run over to your neighbor's house to borrow the > phone to call and tell repair that you don't have any phone service. So, just run down to the corner and use the pay phone... Oh wait, they're disappearing, because no one uses them any more. ;-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by David Ross on March 7, 2005, 2:01 am
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> So, just run down to the corner and use the pay phone... Oh wait, they're
Vast numbers of us the US never had a corner pay phone. Or sidewalks to
> disappearing, because no one uses them any more. ;-) > the corner. While I do have sidewalks now, a corner that MIGHT have a pay phone is 1/2 mile away or more. :) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, th on March 12, 2005, 10:46 am
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> Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:
> > > And with that
> > situation, you can't run over to your neighbor's house to borrow the > > phone to call and tell repair that you don't have any phone service. >
they're
> So, just run down to the corner and use the pay phone... Oh wait, > disappearing, because no one uses them any more. ;-)
And chances are that they get dial tone thru the same pair gain equipment (down at the corner) that you and your neighbors get it from. :-( For more info see http://sffma.net/tech_info_powering.htm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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