QUOTE(koolkid1935 @ Oct 22 2008, 12:01 PM)
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For guide data and VoD, but not live TV. That is sent via traditional methods that CATV uses, just over fiber instead of coax. IIRC, it uses it's own wavelength on the fiber, but it is essentially the same as CATV.
Almost everything you just wrote contradicts itself (you're right about the guide data and VoD). After the ONT the output signal is very similar to
digital cable, but nothing like analog. Fios uses some encrypted form of QAM. TV's with digital tuners can see the channels are there, but cannot decode them (except for the locals, which are not encrypted). The problem with your statement is CATV is not
A FREQUENCY, it is many frequencies travelining the same cable. It's up to your TV to select which one it wants to pass or tune to. The ONT is responsible for taking the signals from the fiber and converting them to a useable format for your telephone, computer and TV. The signal(s) (if more than one) is limited to a few frequencies in the infrared spectrum. I promise you it is digital in some form or fashion, but not analog based like CATV.