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To: Sam Citron who wrote (180)	6/21/1997 2:46:00 PM
From: Jon Tara	of 383

Note that a fiber optic node does not necessarly (probably doesn't) represent a data services node. The "node" they are talking about above represents the tranisition from fiber to coax. What I am talking about is different - it is the point where the upstream digital signals are collected and placed on a "home run" to the plant, and also where the 26Mbit/sec downstream is split-off to a brach to homes. There may indeed be multiple sub-braches, but they all carry the same downstream data. I think you will find that 500-1000 homes per node is the best you will find for that. A bit confusing, eh? "Homes per node" in @home-speak is the number of homes that you would potentially be sharing the bandwidth with. In a more general sense, when talking about the coax/fiber mix, homes per node represents how many homes are sharing the same coax branch.

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