HYBRID FIBER COAX
“Cable” Doesn’t Equal “Coax”: The Rise of Fiber Continues
January 7, 2025
All too often, people equate the word “cable” with “coax” (aka coaxial cable), the insulated copper cable that cable companies have historically used to connect devices around the world and deliver information and entertainment. “Cable,” however, isn’t just made of metal but also of glass: fiber-optic cable (aka fiber). The use of fiber in cable […]
Debunking the Myths of Shared Networks: The Point-to-Multipoint Effect
October 11, 2016
“I don’t want to have to share a pipe. The problem with ‘cable’ is shared pipes. If my neighbor is doing a bunch of stuff over the network, I get impacted too. With fiber I get speed and no shared pipes.” — Entrepreneur in a focus group The notion that subscribers connected to residential fiber […]