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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
No. The HFC will receive a staged upgrade eventually to DOCSIS 3.1 running over FTTLA, so optical nodes with launch amplifier and pretty much no further amplification, before replacement of the coax altogether.
FTTLA means higher signal fidelity and easier upgrades, no trunk or bridge amps and very, very few line extenders. Also means lower power bills and maintenance for VM, not having to line power amplifiers but just use mains for the nodes and no further active components to maintain.
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Indeed - I have been told it's not going to happen, with the caveat that VM may decide to use those ducts for builds.
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Makes sense. They've got an old empty NYNEX duct here running for 3 miles which links into their network at one end but doesn't go anywhere at the other. I can see the point of it would have been to link another town (where it finishes) into their network and then the build stopped. There must be a few of these empty, fairly long core network routes.
I wonder if VM even have them in their databases, they'd be useful for linking 3G and 4G backhaul for the likes of MBNL nowadays.