Cable Companies Suffering as Verizon FIOS Popularity Grows
submitted: Aug 22nd 2008 |
by: D.L.Demazzier |
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FIOS, the new fiber optic network of Verizon, has caused strife for cable companies as existing customers move to the newer service. The speed and reliability of FIOS is beyond compare, and they are offering it for the same price.
Cable has battled back in response to the competition by offering free services and other incentives, and they have implemented "boost" and metro ethernet technology. They are aiming to double the speed that they are offering now by creating new and improved technology.
Cable companies would still be able to use their existing infrastructure and lines with the new technology, but would allow for upgraded speed. The cable company's headquarters houses the new system.
Many cable subscribers have complained that there were bandwidth caps or limitations put on their connections if they had sustained high usage over a few hours, but as of earlier this year these cable companies have removed this. Most people did not notice the change, and the move was directed at people abusing their online service by using shareware software.
This afflicted many users, including those with boost service; moreover, trying to get uncapped took a lot of effort and time. Add in the issues cable users may have when other users in there area are utilizing the Internet heavily or when there?s bad weather, and the frustration builds.
Bandwidth is not an issue with FIOS. The Fiber Optic networks of Verizon are almost limitless compared to what cable offers through their coaxial copper networks. Switching to FIOS eliminated the bandwidth problems for former cable companies.
While some FIOS customers might have had installation problems as Verizon desperately tried to catch up to demand, overall reliability has been well above average. And the best part about it is that the infrastructure is brand new, meaning little or no service interruption once you are up and running.
Unless the Cable companies start changing out their older copper distribution equipment, FIOS will become the leading Internet connectivity provider. If and when ?John Doe Cable? does upgrade to newer cabling technology, it will cost them millions of dollars. Maybe if they replace all of the old copper, gather it all together, melt it down, and recycle it they can recover some of that money.
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