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Originally Posted by roughbeast
Interesting.
In my streets in Coventry we have the old NTL network, but a few streets away, where VM previously had nothing, they have installed FTTP as part of their new Coventry South network. VM doesn't offer these customers any products different to what they offer on NTL cable. FTTP hasn't been fully exploited. So, at what point do VM offer a full symmetrical service on their new fibre and on the fibre over-building existing cable? Is the answer to this question more to do with VM's network architecture than fibre or cable?
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Because right now they use rfog, which means it's the same docsis system with zero advantages from a customer perspective, although from VM's perspective it's cheaper to maintain, doesn't need power, fibre is cheaper, and the runs can be a lot longer.
They can do gpon and rfog (for TV etc) over the same fibre with wdm, but they don't want to do that yet as they want one range of products nationwide.