People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity

Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday March 19, 2023 @07:09PM (#35224747)

You remodeled in 2023 and you only provisioned 1 Gbit? There are already 2.5 and 5Gbit copper Ethernet PHYs out there. You said "pull the biggest one you can" but - 1Gbit of fiber?

I mean, I guess if your chief usage of traffic is to the outside world, a really snappy LAN doesn't mean much at all; it's not your bottleneck. But I'm confused about your post which appears to contradict itself. Perhaps I misunderstood, and your kitchen remodel only involved AC electrical and no networking. No IoT fridge yet?

If I were pulling network cabling today for a remodel, it'd surely be multi-mode fiber in the 100Gbit range, right? Right?

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Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity by gcheong on Sunday March 19, 2023 @08:18PM (#35225379)

The 1 Gbit is the service to the house, not the LAN, and it was (still is?) the fastest we could get at the time we got it (2016). The remodel was the kitchen cabinetry, electrical, and plumbing only, no network. While I personally don't see a need for an IoT fridge in my foreseeable future, I'm not opposed to internet connected appliances generally if I see an advantage to having one.

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Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity by rhacker on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:51PM (#35280379)

I definitely don't want a fridge that can self replace the mayo. I'm not sure what other people need something like that for

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