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Old 13-04-2019, 11:23   #22
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Re: Will VM charge for damaged cable?

You need to remember the majority of these networks were built 25-30 years ago. Ignore the telephony for now, but the original networks were just broadcast TV. Some of these networks were originally RF all the way from the headend, through multiple amplifiers in cascade. Meaning the further away you were from the headend, the worse your picture was. Then the next step was to overbuild with fibre (to the node). The cost of having a optical transmitter/receiver at each customer premises in those days would have far outweighed the revenue. Also the PON networks that we are seeing now I imagine we’re pretty much laboratory only, if even invented. The HFC network was tried and tested around the world. The cables are currently still holding their own, it’s the equipment all around it that has evolved. DOCSIS 3.1 when launched will be the big test, if they hit the speeds etc that are claimed, then I imagine HFC has got another 15+ years in it.
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