RE: Proving Gig Speed

["Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>]

Whats WiFi?  Is that the "noise" that escapes from the copper cables?  Switch to optical fibre, it does not emit RF 
noise ...


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Hammett
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 July, 2018 08:42
> To: Mark Tinka
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: Proving Gig Speed
>
> 10G to the home will be pointless as more and more people move away
> from Ethernet to WiFi where the noise floor for most installs
> prevents anyone from reaching 802.11n speeds, much less whatever
> alphabet soup comes later.
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
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> Midwest-IX
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
> To: "K. Scott Helms" <kscott.helms () gmail com>
> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog () nanog org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 7:11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Proving Gig Speed
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> On 17/Jul/18 14:07, K. Scott Helms wrote:
>
> > That's absolutely true, but I don't see any real alternatives in
> some
> > cases. I've actually built automated testing into some of the CPE
> > we've deployed and that works pretty well for some models but other
> > devices don't seem to be able to fill a ~500 mbps link.
>
> So what are you going to do when 10Gbps FTTH into the home becomes
> the norm?
>
> Perhaps laptops and servers of the time won't even see this as a
> rounding error :-\...
>
> Mark.