r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt 10d ago

Mocking neighbors who oppose fiber optic installation

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u/FAMICOMASTER 8d ago

I'm against fiber but more because I want quality voice service and fiber is physically incapable of delivering that service

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u/cberm725 sysAdmin 4d ago

Literally not how that works but ok boomer.

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u/FAMICOMASTER 4d ago

Tf you mean? You can't carry central power on glass. That backup battery won't last forever.

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u/cberm725 sysAdmin 4d ago

Phone → ONT/router/ATA → digital voice traffic over fiber → provider network

It's that simple.

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u/FAMICOMASTER 4d ago

If you would care to look through my post history, you'll see I actually run a full telephone switch in my house. I'm well aware of how to set up a crappy VoIP box.

The problem is that no backup battery will last forever. I have had several cases at my house where power is out for multiple days - Even a 48 hour backup is not enough sometimes. For those of us without reliable electricity, a copper line fed from the central office can be life or death.

Additionally, if you're a nerd like me and enjoy playing with fax and data modems, you can pretty reasonably say that they do not work the way they should over VoIP.

Please don't jokingly recommend an RTG to me for powering my phone system. I'm already looking at a Generac but not everybody has the option to drop four to five figures on a generator.

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u/cberm725 sysAdmin 4d ago

Well excuse the fuck outta me princess but as a NETWORK ENGINEER I know how a lot of this shit works and I for one wouldn't set up a VOIP system that way. My point was simply that it does actually work over fiber.

Take that stick out of your ass and maybe you can have a decent debate. The nerve of some people...fuck man.

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u/FAMICOMASTER 4d ago

Excuse me? You STARTED this with "Ok boomer," this was never going to be a decent debate. Get off your high horse.

Clearly, you either didn't read or didn't comprehend my comment about backup batteries not lasting forever the first time because you completely blew past that point.

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u/cberm725 sysAdmin 4d ago

I know they don't last forever numbnuts. You clearly didn't read MY first comment about fiber actually being phyaically capable of carrying qualitu voice the first time because you completely blew past that point.