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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by maerF0x0 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @06:40PM (#13944996)
Honest question. Is there something better/faster than fibre that they should be laying instead? Seems like fiber is just enough to catch up, but we'd rather get ahead.
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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by jdshaf on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:09PM (#13946293)
Actually, a single fiber strand can support over 1 Terebit per second in real world applications and even more in a lab setting. Fiber-to-the-Home ISPs today can easily provide 1 and 10 Gigabit per second connections using low cost optics on either end of the fiber cables (and some do!). When you see fiber Internet offerings like Verizon FiOS that has speeds of 50-500 Megabits per second, you are seeing the result of a business decision (price discrimination), not a technological or economic hurdle.
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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by planteen on Friday March 24, 2017 @01:08AM (#13946758)
Just as another data point, CenturyLink in Denver offers gigabit to your home with fiber. Considering most people don't have 10g NICs at home, I think it is a pretty good offering.
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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by cookiecaper on Thursday March 23, 2017 @09:19PM (#13945787)
IMO we need to concentrate on wireless delivery methods. We've learned by now that this process of digging up the ground is not remotely conducive to an accessible marketplace, not to mention mind-bogglingly slow, expensive, and disruptive.
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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by smnscu on Thursday March 23, 2017 @06:43PM (#13945027)
I would also like to know. Google gave me this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/02/11/scientists-...
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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by tbihl on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:16PM (#13945545)
The article you posted is light on details. But as I read it, the research was a multi-channel approach on normal fiber. So in that case, it would be a question of upgrading the equipment connected on either end (though you'd also probably need short hops between equipment to keep SNR high in such a scheme.)
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