Re: [GLLUG] Networking standards

2021-04-27 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Tuesday, 27 April 2021 10:59:49 BST Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: > On Tuesday, 27 April 2021 10:41:17 BST Marco van Beek via GLLUG wrote: > > Given that you can now get 10Gb/s over cable and 10GB switches off the > > shelf reasonably affordable (at least affordable when compared to the > > same i

Re: [GLLUG] Networking standards

2021-04-27 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Tuesday, 27 April 2021 10:41:17 BST Marco van Beek via GLLUG wrote: > Given that you can now get 10Gb/s over cable and 10GB switches off the > shelf reasonably affordable (at least affordable when compared to the > same in fibre), I think that the only reason at the moment to use fibre > is dist

Re: [GLLUG] Networking standards

2021-04-27 Thread Marco van Beek via GLLUG
Given that you can now get 10Gb/s over cable and 10GB switches off the shelf reasonably affordable (at least affordable when compared to the same in fibre), I think that the only reason at the moment to use fibre is distance unless you have a very specific requirement. My guess is that by the t

[GLLUG] Networking standards

2021-04-27 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
Hello, Standard local networking rates have been faster than connections to the internet for many years, but fibre is slowly being laid around the UK so the internet is starting to catch up. I assume that sooner or later local networking will move on from Cat 5 or Cat 6 to all local fibre networ