Difficult/harder than WiFi. You can set up the WiFi from your couch. Doing a cable requires digging around through the back and the average person assumes they're the same thing.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. Sigh. > > But read this review which says 2 GB of RAM is limiting even for web > browsing given the demands of modern websites: > > http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/review-hp-improves-its-200-laptop-a-lot-but-its-still-a-200-laptop/ > > And computers seem to be going away, people expect to do all this stuff on > their phones. Of course most bandwidth is now used for video, and people > are hooking up smart TVs and other dedicated video streaming devices. > > I really hate it that people buy a Roku or Apple TV or streaming stick and > connect it via WiFi despite it being 2 feet from their router. I have a > Roku 2 and it’s connected with an Ethernet cable even though the router is > in another room. If people are spending so much time and money watching > video over the Internet and complaining their Internet isn’t fast enough, > why not give it the best chance and bypass WiFi with a $5 cable? > > > *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, February 05, 2016 11:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps > > GOING to expect? Have you not been dealing with customers' 802.11b > Linksys routers not pulling 25 meg on their Windows 98 PC? > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kind of scary when you realize SATA-3.0 transfer rate is 6 Gbps, SAS-3 is >> 12 Gbps, SATA-3.2 is 16 Gbps. And people are going to expect they can run >> a speedtest from their iPad or Android with a low power CPU, on their dodgy >> WiFi, and complain if they don't get the advertised Internet speed. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke >> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 10:55 AM >> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps >> >> I have mixed feelings on it, I think that if you're pushing the >> envelope, then you should pay for it. But as the market meets demand, >> prices should come down. Remember back when 10/100 switches were >> $1000? Now, you can get a 24 Port 1G switch with 10G uplinks for, what, >> $400? In another 10 years, 100G will probably be the same. Pickup a 24 >> Port 100G switch with 1TB uplinks for $200. >> >> Although at the same time, Throwing more Bandwidth at the problem just >> makes for sloppier code. Average webpage loads are now, what 5-6mb, for >> really no more content. Things used to be efficient, as it was the >> programs responsibility for performance, Now it's the clients >> responsibility if things are slow (upgrade your PC, upgrade your internet) >> >> https://xkcd.com/1605/ >> >> On 2/5/2016 10:34 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >> >>> You tell them and they'll tell you how your capital expenses don't >>> matter. >>> In 1995 they decided that internet should be free and they'll never stop >>> believing it. >>> >>> On 2/5/2016 10:04 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >>> >>>> I cringe when people portray multi gigabit bandwidth as costing >>>> pennies, as if the only cost is the fiber. Yeah, until you have to route >>>> those packets, rather than just transporting a beam of light. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Faisal Imtiaz >>>> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 8:57 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps >>>> >>>> It's not un-common to do 100Gpbs as follows:- >>>> Bonding 10x 10G circuits >>>> Bonding a combination of 40G circuits. >>>> >>>> providing 100G switched transport is easy. >>>> Having a router, to do 100G transport is not, >>>> Expect to pay approx $100k for a router (loaded ready to go, on the >>>> 2ndary markets) >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> Faisal Imtiaz >>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom >>>> 7266 SW 48 Street >>>> Miami, FL 33155 >>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >>>> >>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >>>>> From: "Sterling Jacobson" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 1:01:09 AM >>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] 100Gbps >>>>> >>>> >>>> So... Let's just say, for a minute, that I could sell Adobe a 100Gbps >>>>> line. >>>>> >>>>> What would that be priced at? >>>>> >>>>> I think I can do it technically with a pair of fiber I can get end to >>>>> end. >>>>> >>>>> Are their LD optics at 100Gbps yet? >>>>> >>>>> Or are we still talking dense wave multiplexing? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >
