[New post] Broadband powered by home gateways? Whose bright idea was THIS?

sskarthik posted: "Broadband Forum eating the fruit of the idiot tree Fibre-to-the-node can help squeeze the last drop of sweat out of copper telephony networks, but it has a problem: nodes need electrons, and there might not be a copper path upstream to the exchange for 4" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info Broadband powered by home gateways? Whose bright idea was THIS? by sskarthik Broadband Forum eating the fruit of the idiot tree Fibre-to-the-node can help squeeze the last drop of sweat out of copper telephony networks, but it has a problem: nodes need electrons, and there might not be a copper path upstream to the exchange for 48V power. So the standards body The Broadband Forum thinks powering nodes using household electricity is a good idea.… Read more... sskarthik | September 8, 2015 at 7:12 pm | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3iTB Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/broadband-powered-by-home-gateways-whose-bright-idea-was-this-2/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com