A lot of Ethernet these days is 1000Mb/s.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]>wrote: > At 09:32 AM 28/04/2014, Richard Archer you wrote: > >Sorry to be a spoil sport, but your story about networking inside the > >premises has nothing to do with FTTP nor FTTN. > > > > ...R. > > True, Richard, but it does set up a 'last meter/yard/whatever' > connection question. What is the transfer speed available throughout > the home from the termination point and how would you do it? > > I believe my wifi is 55Mbps as I have an old router/modem. Do the > newer ones carry faster data speeds? > I think ethernet is a top end of 100Mbps. Is there a faster ethernet > nowadays? > And even if you could get faster than ethernet speed, can the devices > on the end -- tablets, laptops, smart TVs, etc. -- deal with those speeds? > > I guess the full benefit is going to be only as fast as the end > device can handle in any event, but the value to a full household is > multiple devices using the wider bandwidth that will be provided and > being 'future proofed' against the time that the devices catch up. > > Tom, have a talk with your friend about what he actually needs the > speed for and if his end devices can handle it beyond ethernet speed. > He may find the 55Mbps of wifi is adequate in any case. > > Jan > > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > [email protected] > > Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how > do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your > space. > ~Margaret Atwood, writer > > _ __________________ _ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > -- Christopher Vance _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
