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Potential breakthrough in internet speeds announced: Repeaters no longer needed?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:26 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:26 am
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The advance has the potential to make the internet superfast by increasing data transmission rates for the fibre optic cables -- which serve as the backbone of the internet, cable, wireless and landline networks.
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In lab experiments, the researchers successfully deciphered information after it travelled a record-breaking 12,000 km through fibre optic cables with standard amplifiers and no repeaters, which are electronic regenerators.
This has the potential to rev up the speeds of data across fiber in an exponential fashion. It's also going to be interesting to see what this does on the cost of internet/data services to homes and businesses as this has the potential to reduce overhead for ISP's as it increases their service levels simultaneously.
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This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:27 am
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Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:29 am to GFunk
Isn't the bottleneck still at the home. I have a fairly new home but still don't have fiber in my house. Plus the crappy modem/router that companies give out.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:30 am to GFunk
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It's also going to be interesting to see what this does on the cost of internet/data services to homes and businesses as this has the potential to reduce overhead for ISP's
Comcast, ATT, Cox etc...will NOT pass those savings in overhead down to the customer....if anything they will charge more for the increase in speeds.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:41 am to Chinese Bandit
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Chinese Bandit
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Comcast, ATT, Cox etc...will NOT pass those savings in overhead down to the customer....if anything they will charge more for the increase in speeds.
It may just be a fatal mistake. If you reduce up-front cost then it may just be the removal of a barrier for many potential competitors in running high-speed lines nationwide. If they're not careful with their pricing they may find a crowd bustling to provide a cheaper alternative.
For Google especially this has to be nothing but an accelerant for their plans.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:42 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:46 am to GFunk
FTTH will make the difference. Don't get me wrong, I think the breakthrough is great. It doesn't mean much to most though until FTTH is ubiquitous.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:47 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:07 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Isn't the bottleneck still at the home. I have a fairly new home but still don't have fiber in my house. Plus the crappy modem/router that companies give out.
All the neighborhoods in Lafayette are covered now with fiber, or close to it. But we got a jump on many towns having our own utilities company offered it years ago to battle Cox's monopoly
Posted on 6/29/15 at 11:18 am to Chinese Bandit
Comcast customer surprised to learn new router is also public hotspot
Comcast is insisting you upgrade your wifi router and then they open it up to anybody walking down the street!
You, as a customer, are paying for the Comcast wifi hotspots!
Comcast is insisting you upgrade your wifi router and then they open it up to anybody walking down the street!
You, as a customer, are paying for the Comcast wifi hotspots!
Posted on 6/29/15 at 11:45 am to GFunk
Posted on 6/29/15 at 11:47 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Isn't the bottleneck still at the home. I have a fairly new home but still don't have fiber in my house. Plus the crappy modem/router that companies give out.
You can have 1gig fiber to your house and all you need is a fiber to cat5e transceiver and you have 1gig internet. You don't have to actually run fiber through your house.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 12:02 pm to SG_Geaux
Most new neighborhoods will have fiber to the curb. There isn't a need for fiber in your home yet as Cat5e will do 1 gig. Hell most businesses don't have 10 gig interconnects in their closets yet so 1 gig in your home is plenty.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 3:04 pm to SG_Geaux
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SG_Geaux
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You can have 1gig fiber to your house and all you need is a fiber to cat5e transceiver and you have 1gig internet. You don't have to actually run fiber through your house.
What's 5e's max vs. cat 6?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:13 pm to GFunk
Cat5e can do 1gig up to 100meter
Cat6 can do 10gig up to 164ft and 1gig up to 100 meters.
Cat6a can do 10gig up to 100 meters.
Cat6 can do 10gig up to 164ft and 1gig up to 100 meters.
Cat6a can do 10gig up to 100 meters.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:22 pm to GeeOH
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All the neighborhoods in Lafayette are covered now with fiber, or close to it. But we got a jump on many towns having our own utilities company offered it years ago to battle Cox's monopoly
I was living in Laffy during that entire fiber battle. Some of the shite that the incumbents tried to pull was astounding. I understand BR was in Google's final 3 cities for the initial fiber rollout, but LA politics steered them away. It's unbelievable that LUS is offering full symmetrical gig service to the home for only $110.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 9:24 pm
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