Re: CAT5e wiring question

[Mark F <mark53916@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 16 May 2010 20:29:55 -0400, "Josepi" <J.R.M.@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> What would one do with fibre optic inside a house? Even the fibre optic
> companies convert to copper and back in their POP sites.
When we did out house in 2004 it looked like fiber optic 10GHz
"Ethernet" cards were going to be available for a reasonable cost
in a couple of years (i.e., by 2006) and would be useful for Ethernet
based storage as well as video.

I need to update my computers to support 10Gb network speeds, so
I haven't looked at 10Gb "Ethernet" cards in a long time and don't
know if fiber is yet the best option for 10Gb.  However, the
single-mode fiber optics cables will still be available for use
if in 20 years 100Gb or higher is appropriate; twisted pair or
coax that was available in 2004 is unlikely to work at those
speeds, so I may still use the fiber even though I stopped using
it after testing the installation in 2004.

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> "Mark F" <mark53916@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If you do fiber optic, use single mode fiber optic.  Single mode
> cables will work with multi-mode hardware for the short distances you
> are likely to have in a home.  * * *Someone should say what type
> of connectors to use * * *There were 4 main choices in 2004 when I
> wired my house - two sizes and separate/combined for the two
> directions - I don't know which of the 4 if preferable.  Fiber
> connections should be factory made or made by REAL expert, even if the
> cables are 2 or 3 times longer that why.  (Fiber is good for
> kilometers rather than meters like Ethernet, so better to have good
> connections.  For cost and neatness reasons you probably want less
> than 50% extra length.)
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