Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Kaj Haulrich wrote:
Right now my municipality is digging trenches all over our tiny
village and burying thick, orange snakes in order to shine some laser
light into our humble homes. The contractor (local power company)
says that I need a fiber optic modem, but as usually they know jack
shit about decent operating systems. Recommendations, please :
1. If light comes in at one end, what comes out in the other ?
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Light
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2. What do I need at the box end (card ,cables) ?
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Usualy the modem has a fiber optic connection and an ethernet
connection. From your end, it isn't any different then a cable modem/DSL
connection, except a bit faster.
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3. They offer 100 Mb/sec for around $80/month, which is a bit more
expensive than my present DSL at 4 Mb/sec... Is it worth it ?
That is something you have to deside for your self. It depends on how
you use the connection. If you mainly surf the web, and read email, then
it probably isn't. If you do a lot of uploading/downloading, then it
might be. It also depends on what they offer as part of their package.
Do you get one or more static IPs, and can you run servers? If I could
run my own mail and web server on their network, I would be tempted. I
miss running my own servers.
Mikkel
Thanks, Mikkel. Eh... I didn't mean the fibers (I know they
are just a vehicle for light), but the modem. So, if the
modem converts light pulses to electrons I can still use my
eth0 ???
The company doesn't provide anything but a connection to the
Internet. So I don't think I can quit my web-, mail- etc..
hotel. I don't run any servers. On the other hand, now I'm
on cooker, so speeding up the daily downloads would come in handy.
The aforementioned price tag includes TV (100 channels, but I
don't see TV), so maybe I can get a bargain price. We'll see.
Can you recommend a special modem ?
TIA
Kaj Haulrich.
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