"I have thought Fiber Optics TV,Internet etc. is plug n play for instance like Cable. Turns out it's not."
I'm not sure what you're trying to say, can you explain? But I definitely prefer cable over fiber optics.
What i was trying to say is, it's too much. All of this digging and drilling in your house and outside, A lot of equipment needs to be installed. Unlike cable. Hook-up your modem, call your ISP and activate it.
Yes but that's because the signal is delivered over fiber, so it shouldn't have been a surprise. But that isn't even the worst part. What's worse is that every appliance like modem/router, DVR and DECT phone needs to be directly connected to the fiber optics modem. This is very unhandy, because with cable, you can plug most appliances directly to the wall socket, no matter in which room.
That's because the home builder didn't pre-wire the home for fiber optics. If they had, then only the electronics would have to be connected. Activation would be a mere formality as it is with coax or CAT5, which I'm sure is standard installation in any new built home. Of course fiber would have to be run to curbside as well.
No it fiber optics is to the house the you can run everything using cat5. There is a ont that decodes the light into data. From there the ont has cat5 to a switch or router. I work in the telecommunications field.
But that's the problem. With cable everything runs over coax. I have plugged in my modem/router in my workroom, and the DVR in my living room. They are both directly plugged into the wall, and the signal runs over coax. No need to connect them to a central modem with network cables, like with fiber.
I'm trying to explain why cable is better than fiber. I don't know about the USA, but over here in Holland newly build houses always come with coax and copper wires inside the wall. This means that if you use cable, you can plug-in appliances like TV, radio, video recorder and modem/router directly to a wall socket in any room of the house/apartment. With fiber, you can not do this. All of these appliances need to be connected to a fiber optics modem via network cables. So if you're TV is on the first floor, this is very unhandy. Or you need to use WIFI or Powerline adapters, but they are prone to errors/interference.
In US. We have a crappy Fiber Optic lines and ****** ISPs and on top of that extremely pushy CS. I have heard in some regions of Europe they have stable residential T1 lines for a low price as well, but i don't know if it's true.
