[mythtv-users] Verizon Fios, any success stories?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Jarod Wilson<jarod at wilsonet.com>  
> wrote:
>> - The bulk of my recordings are actually done with digital capture  
>> devices
>> (some PCI/PCIe cards and an HDHomeRun), since most of what I care  
>> to record
>> is on the broadcast channels (which again, are clear QAM).
>
> I've never really understood how this works.
>
> With Fios, there's fiber running right to the house, but at some point
> it is converted to copper coax for distribution within the residence?

Correct. Or, more completely, there's a fiber[*] running to the house,  
which terminates in what they call an Optical Network Terminal. Out of  
the ONT comes good old-fashioned RG-6 coax, an RJ-45 socket for  
cat5/5e/6 cable, and ~4 RJ-11 sockets for phone lines.

> This conversion converts every channel on the fiber?  How is that
> possible without insanely expensive hardware?

We have the technology. :) (no clue on details, but it works great)


[*] actually, I have two fibers to my house. Verizon aren't bright  
enough to be able to run consumer TV and business data over the same  
line.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com