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100 Mbps Community Fiber Network: Howto

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-every-neighborhood-needs dept.

batro writes: "The main page says it all: 'Everything slower than 10 Mbps is just a toy!' This is a nice writeup (with pictures!) of how a 100 Mbps community fiber network in northern Sweden came into being." And if over a grand in connection fees doesn't suit your locale (this took nearly complete neighborhood participation), Nurotek writes: "Check out Proxim's latest press release. They claim that they can push 100Mpbs via the 5Ghz RF band. Wonder if this will work ..."

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  1. Fiber optice networking by dincubus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am waiting to try to get fiber done up in my apt. i am lookign at how to get the whole routing and switching done right. right now i just have a couple itty bitty cisco routers and switches sitting here. i have two machines using fiber between themselves now. and i am hounding the phone company to allow me to get a bare line for 2 Meg dsl ... just gotta keep working on them. if i can i might be able to tweak this set up a bit more

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  2. Flamebait? by robbyjo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Everything slower than 10 Mbps is just a toy!

    Is this post a flamebait? Sparking envy to those who live in an area where bandwidth is tight? In Indonesia, 28.8K is a very good connection. 56.6K is a bliss. ISDN is owned only by corporations.

    Please people... You can boast your new super duper whizbang 10E100 bits network or whatsnot, but don't taunt anyone... It can cut real deep at times... OK? Thanks for your understanding...

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