The reason we haven't moved to fiber in the residential area is for three reasons: 1) fiber is hard to work with, splicing, connecting, sanding, etc... whatever is done with it. It's not for everyone; 2) fiber is expensive compared to CAT5 or even CAT6 (bought 1000' of CAT6 for $140 at Home Depot); 3) CAT6 can do gigabit speed, shielded CAT6 is likely to be able to support 10gigabit speeds.
Yes, you can transmit gigabit speeds over 2 miles with fiber, but the normal household doesn't need 2 miles worth of a run. So between that and the previously mentioned points, copper stills wins.
"Yes, you can transmit gigabit speeds over 2 miles with fiber, but the normal household doesn't need 2 miles worth of a run. So between that and the previously mentioned points, copper stills wins."
The bulk of the cost of using fiber optic cable in the ground is digging up the right of way and not the material costs. Even telco-grade optics is relative. And since this would be a consumer application the quality to achieve transport over 20-30 meters (instead of 2000 meters) should further the inexpensiveness.
Now add consumer bulk in manufacturing and the expected costs should fall sharply. BTW, I never meant to suggest using raw fiber optical cable for the DIY fabricator, and apparently this Honeywell product assumes the same dang thing since its using connectors and not punchdowns. :)
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The reason we haven't moved to fiber in the residential area is for three reasons: 1) fiber is hard to work with, splicing, connecting, sanding, etc... whatever is done with it. It's not for everyone; 2) fiber is expensive compared to CAT5 or even CAT6 (bought 1000' of CAT6 for $140 at Home Depot); 3) CAT6 can do gigabit speed, shielded CAT6 is likely to be able to support 10gigabit speeds.
Yes, you can transmit gigabit speeds over 2 miles with fiber, but the normal household doesn't need 2 miles worth of a run. So between that and the previously mentioned points, copper stills wins.
"Yes, you can transmit gigabit speeds over 2 miles with fiber, but the normal household doesn't need 2 miles worth of a run. So between that and the previously mentioned points, copper stills wins."
The bulk of the cost of using fiber optic cable in the ground is digging up the right of way and not the material costs. Even telco-grade optics is relative. And since this would be a consumer application the quality to achieve transport over 20-30 meters (instead of 2000 meters) should further the inexpensiveness.
Now add consumer bulk in manufacturing and the expected costs should fall sharply. BTW, I never meant to suggest using raw fiber optical cable for the DIY fabricator, and apparently this Honeywell product assumes the same dang thing since its using connectors and not punchdowns. :)