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Title: Fiber optic
Post by: Mugwump on June 26, 2019, 05:28:47 PM
...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
Title: Re: Fiber optic
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Fiber optic
Post by: Mugwump on June 26, 2019, 07:17:13 PM
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 ?.. :)
Title: Re: Fiber optic
Post by: BillT on June 26, 2019, 09:47:46 PM
I think it might have been about 10x the speed of wire.