Do you have any idea what you are talking about? Who cares that there is coax in the home. The point is the the fiber runs to your home and you don't share bandwidth with anyone else? Are you seriously a tech blogger?

I agree with Todd. The difference in capabilities between having a (short) length of copper cable in your home, versus having a longer length of copper connected to a hub, versus having copper all the way to a CO/Head End are substantial. Although there is still dispute about whether FTTN or FTTH are more cost-effective at the moment, this basic physical fact is not in dispute. So perhaps your history lesson would be better if augmented by a physics lesson.

Oops, I misread that. Meant to say I agree with the above reader. Maybe I need a web-browsing lesson.

FiOS video is delivered via RF QAM broadcast on a dedicated 1550nm wavelength, with 870 MHz of bandwidth. Cable video is delivered via RF QAM broadcast on an HFC network, with 870 MHz of bandwidth. FiOS video has the exact same capacity for HD video as does cable video. Perhaps "reader" and "Josh" need their own lesson.

Guys - the point is, it's ironic that Verizon is using cable technology to deliver FiOS TV yet bashing it in its marketing.

Your network is only as powerful as your weakest link. Fios has the same weakest link as cable.

I haven't heard of Verizon warning cutomers of denying service for down loading big internet files because it causes interferes with TV broadcasts. Theres a difference in sharing the pipe with everyone and having your own.

FiOS is using a very similar technology to what cable uses. Cable giant Comcast has put $6,000,000,000 (last year!) into its Hybrid Fiber-Coax network that runs Fiber to not just the headend's but also to the nodes. So the only difference that I'm aware of is the node to home, where Verizon uses fiber, Cable uses coax. It's kind of like the Pot calling the Kettle black.

Hey, Not Comcast Employee.

Maybe if you weren't downloading 400 illegal HD movies a month your internet company wouldn't have an issue with you.

/just sayin'

The thing with the weakest link concept is that you are not considering the [i]lenght[/i] of the link. The shorter the length, the lower the line losses given the same gage wire.

This is the same reason that Monster Cable speaker wires are a waste of money. Because you're only going 20 feet or something with a 100 watt/channel amp you can use 18gage wire just fine.