Re: Fibre Was: RE: PBXs

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

Stuart Grimshaw wrote:

>On the ukha IRC channel we've been doing a little research into the
costs of
>all this:
>
>Cable (4/8) core fibre ranges between £1.50 & £2.20 /metre.. 16
port patch
>panels (st) (1U) £59.99 and a termination kit is about £400....
>
Indeed we have been Stuart .. but before you got the misco price p/m ..
you had sourced it at 84p/m .. just a little cheaper if still rather
expensive compared to cat5e.

>Those prices taken from misco and not a "trade"
supplier/etc.. so its
>definately within reach! The only "big" cost is interfaces
for switches/etc..
>
>RE: it not being used in offices....  Mathew's company have recently
ran more
>fibre, so 99% of users are a switch away from fibre!
>
>So, my summary is this:
>
>Yes, it would be very nice to install fibre around the home for future
use,
>the cost of it is (IMO) a lot more than copper, and that might swing it
if I
>were retro-installing, BUT I would seriously consider using it if I
were
>installing in a new build, because the price of the fibre itself is
miniscule
>compared to the costs of the rest of the build.
>
>So, I suppose as with most things HA, while I agree fibre is probably
the
>cat5 of the future, it's down to your budget if you can afford it at
todays
>prices.
>
So basically you agree with me, barring in mind the "screw cat5"
comment
I made right at the start was partially in jest anyway.


Calum