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Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom]

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In article <000501cbf189$db2d6530$01fea8c0@dell8100>,
AJB Consulting <ajbcs@frontier.com> wrote:
>Our esteemed moderator wrote:
>
>>***** Moderator's Note *****
>
>>AFAIK, FiOS terminates the "fiber" portion of the path at a local CEV,
>>and the physical layer is Coaxial cable from there to the homes. That,
>>at least, is the way my sister's FiOS install happened, and I don't
>>think the CEV equipment is powered from the CO. That means that FiOS
>>is subject to the same limits as any SLC-served POTS line.
>
>>FWIW. YMMV. My 2 cents.
>
>>Bill Horne
>>Moderator 
>
>Bill, what you described sounds more like the AT&T U-verse system.
>
>Every FiOS install I have ever seen uses an ONT [Optical Network 
>Termination] in the subscriber's home. The acronym dissects [supposedly] 
>to "Fiber In Off the Street," after all... Or else it is named after 
>a parish in Northern Spain. ;)

I can confirm this.  I happen to have on my desk right now a Verizon
FiOS wiring plan for a 300-unit multiple dwelling in New York City.

It has a separate fiber drop to every apartment and an ONT in each
apartment that is subscribed to Verizon service.  It has two layers
of passive optical hubs and no powered components -- or, at least, no
components that require building power.  Whether any of the optical
components are actually powered to allow remote testing, etc. I do
not know but would tend to speculate likely not.  I believe there
is really, truly, a 300 fiber bundle running in from the street and
that it's not actively multiplexed until that location.  Maybe
there are totally passive ways to do DWDM now so the passive "hubs"
in the building actually have unpowered frequency multipliers/dividers
in them -- I do not know.

But it is unquestionably the case that even in multiple dwellings
(and in this case we are talking about 15 separate buildings served
by a single Verizon cable entrance!) VZ does bring the fiber all the
way to the ONT in the customer's home.

-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon	                                         tls@panix.com
    And now he couldn't remember when this passion had flown, leaving him so
  foolish and bewildered and astray: can any man?
						   William Styron

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Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] "AJB Consulting" <ajbcs@frontier.com> - 2011-04-02 19:01 -0400
  Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2011-04-04 02:44 +0000
  Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones?  [telecom] John Stahl <aljon@stny.rr.com> - 2011-04-04 07:13 -0400
    Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones?  [telecom] T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net> - 2011-04-11 07:51 -0400
  Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2011-04-04 16:38 +0000
    Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] "Gary" <bogus-email@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-10 14:10 -0400
    Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) - 2011-04-30 13:02 +0000
      Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] "D. W." <indianut@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 15:39 -0700
    Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) - 2011-04-28 14:37 +0000
      Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net> - 2011-04-29 19:15 -0400
  Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] "Gary" <bogus-email@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-10 14:30 -0400
  Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) - 2011-04-28 14:35 +0000
    Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones? [telecom] tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) - 2011-04-28 15:55 +0000

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