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To: DenverTechie who wrote (9361)	12/3/2000 10:32:48 AM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

Re: FTTH Can't do TV(economically)? - WINfirst Example "And the architecture of cable plant today is still designed and engineered to optimize that analog video service." DT- Upstream I posted some information about a FTTH project from what I believe is an overbuilder-- WINfirst. Seems in this greenfield plant they will not only be laying FTTH, but will also be building a parallel HFC plant. The reason given was their lack of desire to fight legacy TV delivery systems. _________________ "The innovative optical access network will connect each home using a dedicated fiber optic cable and equipment with lasers to send and receive information using the Internet protocol (IP) and Fast Ethernet, a networking transmission standard that provides 100 megabits per second (Mbps) of symmetric bandwidth. Using that single optical link, WINfirst's customers will have more than enough capacity to simultaneously download a DVD movie, view a sporting event from a Web site, stream a digital home video to a relative over the Web and hold multiple phone calls. We are building an entirely new, fiber-optic network capable of breaking the 'last mile bottleneck' and Internet logjams that are currently frustrating residential customers..." Message 14849601 __________________ "Cable television and telephone networks were originally designed to provide video and voice services. Although these two networks are evolving to offer enhanced applications, they are limited by their inherent architectures. The Internet revolution and the exploding demand for new services has forced incumbent operators to try to find stop-gap solutions to meet the ever-increasing need for more capacity, reliability and speed. Continual upgrades and rebuilds of existing architectures will always be one step behind the rapid change in technology and consumer demand." winfirst.com __________________ In spite of the excerpts above which make no mention of building a parallel HFC plant, why in the world would they? Isn't it already expensive enough to lay a FTTH plant. Where in the current TV delivery system is there such a roadblock to being able to send TV signals down a totally fiber pipe? Once the TV signal is received at the master headend and subsequently digitized, can't this signal be sent down a fiber pipe directly to a fiber connection on the customers home? I thought 'digtal was digital' but apparently I must be incorrect or WINfirst would not be building a parallel HFC plant. Thanks. -MikeM(From Florida) FTTH fiber to the home HFC hybrid fiber coax(typical cable TV network)