FTTH peak time slow down?

Tr1pp · 28 Jul 2017 at 19:00

Hi guys,

I moved to the USA and have been using comcast broadband since I arrived...Centurylink has FINALLY installed fiber in my area. better speeds better price, the usual...its also FTTH which is a bonus.

I've been told that I wont see and peak time slow downs using fiber, i'm a bit skeptical about that so i'm asking if anyone can verify this as true on fiber networks?

Caged · 28 Jul 2017 at 19:06

It's not really possible to say. If there is congestion in the core network then you will see the result of that regardless of whether a fibre or copper cable is coming into your house.

Tr1pp · 28 Jul 2017 at 19:18

thought as much, its centurylinks first fibre install in the area but i imagine when more people move to it I will notice congestion.

thanks

Rroff · 28 Jul 2017 at 19:21

Its a bit relative - in the US heavily over-subscribed cable networks saturating the local nodes wasn't uncommon (this is like 10-15 years back so not sure if its still the story) while xDSL type technologies didn't suffer from that localised saturation in the same way and often weren't as over-subscribed hence what people are saying.

Caged · 29 Jul 2017 at 00:17

Maybe someone can pop up and explain how congestion works on GPON because I have no idea, and that's how a lot of FTTP deployments are done.