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Fiber optic

Started by Mugwump, June 26, 2019, 05:28:47 PM

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Mugwump

...anyone here have it available, and use it ?

...they ran it down the easement in our back yard....wondering if it's really worth it huh
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

BillT

They had it at some universities I worked at.
It was way faster at the time.
Don't have any very current experience.

Mugwump

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Quote from: BillT on June 26, 2019, 07:07:54 PM
They had it at some universities I worked at.
It was way faster at the time.
Don't have any very current experience.

...they're now finishing up a big fiber loop around the education corridor and communities....the communities were/are last to get it....been around No. Ill. Univ. for many years and now they have revamped the whole shabang...newer optic, eral......it screams I'm told....I better max out my ram, huh ?.. :)
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

BillT

I think it might have been about 10x the speed of wire.