On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Reimer, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Have about 10 building on a campus. ... fiber is running 1 GBs ... > I would need to have communications be at least this fast, if not faster. > ... If this is not feasible/possible, there is a possibility of running pipe > in > the current tunnels ...
Given your statement of "at least this fast, if not faster", I would suggest sticking with hard lines. That implies real bandwidth demands (i.e., not just web browsing and light email). In any such environment, demand is high and always increasing. While wireless has come a long ways in recent years, for at least the near future, hardlines will still be faster. I would contact some vendors who specialize in this sort of thing (campus underground fiber installations), who is also familiar with your switch equipment. That way they can spec out something that will meet your needs and work with your equipment. As others have said, single-mode fiber is generally capable of higher speeds/longer distances. Whether that's right for you depends on distances and speeds. > ... then these pipes will be buried when the > tunnels are collapsed. Upgrading this in the future would be tedious. Properly done, any buried conduit should be easily accessible from the surface, so future upgrades would be a matter of opening covers and using the pull-strings left from the last time. Again, planning and expertise make all the difference here. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
