Ben, the reason Verizon FiOS TV is not Tru2way compatible is because they use IP for the return path, not RF. They also use IP for Video On Demand. Tru2way doesn't support using IP for the return path.
I understand that is how they do it now, my point was that if they can do RF overlay one way, why not twoway? Are you telling me that it isn't technologically possible to do two way RF overlay on fiber?
The other thing that doesn't add up is that FiOS uses RF for its IP. In fact, I have a CAT5 cable ran from my ONT to my FiOS router and the installer told me they don't use it, and that they use coax instead. So the DVR connects to the router via RF over IP using MOCA, and then its RF to the ONT too.
So my question is, with all this RF going around, although it's different from QAM, what's so hard about creating one upstream RF QAM channel for tru2way?
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Ben, the reason Verizon FiOS TV is not Tru2way compatible is because they use IP for the return path, not RF. They also use IP for Video On Demand. Tru2way doesn't support using IP for the return path.
I understand that is how they do it now, my point was that if they can do RF overlay one way, why not twoway? Are you telling me that it isn't technologically possible to do two way RF overlay on fiber?
The other thing that doesn't add up is that FiOS uses RF for its IP. In fact, I have a CAT5 cable ran from my ONT to my FiOS router and the installer told me they don't use it, and that they use coax instead. So the DVR connects to the router via RF over IP using MOCA, and then its RF to the ONT too.
So my question is, with all this RF going around, although it's different from QAM, what's so hard about creating one upstream RF QAM channel for tru2way?
What abut video on demand? That's IP-video, not QAM or MoCA.
MoCA is just a form of IPTV and what they are actually using to deliver VOD.