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   Message 16,967 of 17,262   
   Marco Moock to All   
   Re: Fiber To The Home [telecom]   
   20 Mar 23 15:12:15   
   
   From: mo01@posteo.de   
      
   Am 20.03.2023 um 09:05:19 Uhr schrieb Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP:   
      
      
   > I like the technology, and the synchronous speeds. I'm not sure where   
   > they would place the ONT since all electrical, cable and telco lines   
   > come into the side of the a house with finished rooms, and no basement   
   > or garage for the install.   
      
   It can be installed at any place in the house - you need to find a   
   place.   
      
   > Where would they get the power for the ONT?   
      
   From one of the sockets in the house - maybe an extension cord is   
   needed.   
      
   > I don't like telemarketers telling me that my last POTS copper fed   
   > phone line will be replaced by fiber (in the 80's I had 5 phone lines   
   > to cover home, business and BBS and the cables are still running from   
   > the pole to my house even though Frontier promised to remove the   
   > deadheads years ago.).   
      
   That is a normal process in technical evolution, you can't do anything   
   against it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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