Hunter11
11-13-2014, 04:54 PM
Myth: Bell Fibe TV is Fibre to the Home
Posted by
on December 22, 2011
In my mailbox this week, I received an offer fr
om Bell Canada which of
fered the Digital Home
Bell Fibe TV for a discounted rate.
In a glossy brochure that accompanied the offer
Bell Canada stated that Bell Feb TV was “a
new
TV service
delivered through our ne
w state-of-the-art fibre
optic network
.”
So what is a fibre optic networ
k? A fibre optic network is one
where signals are sent from the
broadcast distributor or internet serv
ice provider to the home owner over fibre
optic cable
. Makes
sense right? In the tele
communications industry, such a networ
k is known as a Fibre to the Home
or FTTH network
A
fibre optic
network is far superior to a network wh
ich terminates over tw
isted pair telephone
cable because a fibre optic cable uses light to ca
rry internet transmissions
and television signals
at rates that are simply not
achievable through telephone wires.
The truth is that Bell Fibe TV
is NOT Fibre to the Home (F
TTH) and the TV signal is not
delivered to your home at high speeds via Fibre
optic cable. In the case of the Digital Home,
those Fibe TV signals would be delivered to us
through the fifty year
old telephone wires that
have delivering internet service to
us for the last decade or so.
In Canada today, only a very small percentage of
households are actually
serviced by a Fibre to
the Home network. The biggest Fibre optic implemen
tation in this country is Aliant in Atlantic
Canada which expects to have FTTH service
available to over 600,000 homes and businesses by
the end of 2012. While the number sounds large, it st
ill represents less than 2% of all homes in
Canada.
Posted by
on December 22, 2011
In my mailbox this week, I received an offer fr
om Bell Canada which of
fered the Digital Home
Bell Fibe TV for a discounted rate.
In a glossy brochure that accompanied the offer
Bell Canada stated that Bell Feb TV was “a
new
TV service
delivered through our ne
w state-of-the-art fibre
optic network
.”
So what is a fibre optic networ
k? A fibre optic network is one
where signals are sent from the
broadcast distributor or internet serv
ice provider to the home owner over fibre
optic cable
. Makes
sense right? In the tele
communications industry, such a networ
k is known as a Fibre to the Home
or FTTH network
A
fibre optic
network is far superior to a network wh
ich terminates over tw
isted pair telephone
cable because a fibre optic cable uses light to ca
rry internet transmissions
and television signals
at rates that are simply not
achievable through telephone wires.
The truth is that Bell Fibe TV
is NOT Fibre to the Home (F
TTH) and the TV signal is not
delivered to your home at high speeds via Fibre
optic cable. In the case of the Digital Home,
those Fibe TV signals would be delivered to us
through the fifty year
old telephone wires that
have delivering internet service to
us for the last decade or so.
In Canada today, only a very small percentage of
households are actually
serviced by a Fibre to
the Home network. The biggest Fibre optic implemen
tation in this country is Aliant in Atlantic
Canada which expects to have FTTH service
available to over 600,000 homes and businesses by
the end of 2012. While the number sounds large, it st
ill represents less than 2% of all homes in
Canada.