On 5/15/2014 3:00 PM, Steve Meuse wrote:
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Rich Braun <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Honestly, at this point the epitome of price/performance is a race
between
DOCSIS-3 and FIOS. But I think a whole lot more construction is
taking place
with DOCSIS-3 than FIOS, probably because there are several
companies using it
whereas only one company supports FIOS. DOCSIS-3 has the advantage
of lower
cost: it's exceedingly expensive to run fiber to every end-point,
whereas
running RG-6 from a pole-mounted fiber box to several nearby
buildings is
quite inexpensive.
(Disclosure: I work for Comcast)
I believe I read that FIOS is not expanding to any new markets (towns),
but only expanding within towns they currently cover. The same article
stated that the cost had more to do with the capital costs of the
house/curb units vs. the fiber deployment costs.
I recall this as well. They even sold off some markets, like Northern
New England went to Fairpoint.
Astound's consumer-grade service is a tad nicer than Comcast's in
one area:
Comcast does port blocking (including the all-important port 80),
and as near
as I can tell
80 is open, I don't know the complete list, but it was orignially
intended to block SMB mounts 137-139, etc.
-Steve
FiOS Residential blocks port 80 inbound, and port 25 outbound. I vaguely
recall port 80 being blocked for the Code Red malware, and since running
your own server was technically against the TOS, they left it in place.
-Brian
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