Re: Proving Gig Speed

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

I don't think iPhones have SFP cages. 




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com> 
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>, "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka () seacom mu> 
Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 2:32:27 PM 
Subject: RE: Proving Gig Speed 


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 
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> 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 
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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: 
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> > 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.