Re:Eight Years On, Google Fiber Is a Faint Echo of the Disru...
by apeace on Monday March 05, 2018 @02:20PM
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Thanks for the links! They're really interesting.
For long paths where you need very low latency, microwave is the way to go. This is why the finance industry uses it.
But this article is about more consumer-level internet access, which is why I mentioned WISPs. A WISP will carry your data wirelessly from your building to a nearby point of presence, where it will then be carried over the normal (fiber-based) internet. For the short distance between your building and the POP, my understanding is fiber will provide much more consistent bandwidth and latency.
For long paths where you need very low latency, microwave is the way to go. This is why the finance industry uses it.
But this article is about more consumer-level internet access, which is why I mentioned WISPs. A WISP will carry your data wirelessly from your building to a nearby point of presence, where it will then be carried over the normal (fiber-based) internet. For the short distance between your building and the POP, my understanding is fiber will provide much more consistent bandwidth and latency.