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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (11766)	10/17/2005 11:38:56 PM
From: fred g	Read Replies (1) of 46821

If Terayon designed DOCSIS 2.0's new modulation for non-HFC (30-amp) networks, then it was more likely a mistake to include it -- HFC is almost everywhere by now, and non-HFC plant is usually unidirectional (did they really bidirectionalize all of those amps?). I mean, they adopted the spec in what, 2003? HFC upgrades were being completed by then in all but the most remote places. It's hardly worth maintaining those old amp chains. Re: FiOS being inferior to copper: Of course. Copper still permits, in some cases, unbundling, so it doesn't have to be Verizon's DSL. Until the recent FCC DSL ruling, copper DSL was common carriage, so it couldn't be walled-gardened or toll-gated by the ILEC. FiOS disclaims all common carriage and reserves the right to IPsphere it to death. If I understand it right, even the phone line is being treated as if it were parasitic, not tariffed, so it has no protections (rate regulation, etc.) other than the usual criminal wiretap statutes. I'd rather have common carriage than Verizon bugging my data!

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