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Old 06-03-2018, 22:34   #6
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Re: Full Fibre Network

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Originally Posted by weesteev View Post
No, doesn't make sense on investment when its cheaper to squeeze the HFC network and with DOCSIS 3.1 and symmetrical 3.1 on the horizon there is even less of a requirement to upgrade legacy plant. On that note, I cant see there ever being a difference in service between HFC and Fibre areas either, helps drive the argument that full fibre doesn't offer "that much" of a benefit in the short term... which it doesn't really.
Theres one thing DOCSIS will probably never escape though, and thats jitter. It's just an inherent side effect of TDMA, and whilst you can use buffers to smooth it out, for games it's not a great fix (plus, buffer bloat, yay).

I think VM would be silly not to have it as a long term aspiration, but until they see their technology as a liability it's never really going to happen.

BT and the other operators would be wise to use it to their advantage with advertising, though.
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