Next step from 100/100

[milomak]

What is the likely next step from here?

And how far away is it likely that day is?

 

[Thor]

10000/10000

5 years away

 

[mithrandi]

MWEB and Afrihost have 1000/100 on Vumatel, and I think on MFN there are some 200/200 packages. Not sure about other providers.

 

[PBCool]

What is the likely next step from here?

And how far away is it likely that day is?

Don't believe there is much use of a 1Gbps service to the home as yet, Vumatel and a few other providers can offer 1Gbps services though. And then to go to 10Gbps on active ethernet is a change of transceivers and end points on AE as well.

 

[Looney]

Don't believe there is much use of a 1Gbps service to the home as yet, Vumatel and a few other providers can offer 1Gbps services though. And then to go to 10Gbps on active ethernet is a change of transceivers and end points on AE as well.

PBCool, do you know if Fibrehoods will be using AE in new areas seeing as they are now Vumatel?

 

[milomak]

I don't particularly think 1Gbps to the home is what I am thinking but I am asking more what is the scalabilty vs cost to say 200/200? What's the envisioned cost increase for instance? And what really given current infrastructure can FTTH max upto at current contention rates?

edit - I suppose my question is really how far away are we from having to retool infrastructure completely rather using current infrastructure?

 

[Johnatan56]

I don't particularly think 1Gbps to the home is what I am thinking but I am asking more what is the scalabilty vs cost to say 200/200? What's the envisioned cost increase for instance? And what really given current infrastructure can FTTH max upto at current contention rates?

edit - I suppose my question is really how far away are we from having to retool infrastructure completely rather using current infrastructure?

Most fiber solutions the slowest item are the switches/transceivers, the fiber itself should be good for way higher than just 1Gbps. (10Gbps is the current E-PON)
http://www.osa-opn.org/home/article...res/fiber_to_the_home_getting_beyond_10_gb_s/ is a nice article.


They're aiming for 100Gbps standards as well. The fiber itself won't be replaced.

 

[ZuluKing]

Samsung has launched Samsung 5G which is running at speeds of 10Gbps.
AT&T this year is testing it's 5G-capable infrastructure with 10 gigabits-per-second and is testing its newly built 5G network with the help of partners like Samsung

 

[SpiderGear]

Don't believe there is much use of a 1Gbps service to the home as yet, Vumatel and a few other providers can offer 1Gbps services though. And then to go to 10Gbps on active ethernet is a change of transceivers and end points on AE as well.

Any news on the 200/200 or a 400/100 from Vumatel? Hey we can all dream!

 

[PBCool]

Any news on the 200/200 or a 400/100 from Vumatel? Hey we can all dream!

We did table this again, it is on their list of things to discuss, re Vumatel in new areas as fibrehoods it's still PON. But it's newer gen PON so can do 1G as well.

We use 10G bidis on most of our other parts of the network, so the fibre is easy to do up to 10G even with current standards, but the active kit (switches and CPE's) are still quite costly for home use. As far as contention and back haul that's also easy with CWDM and DWDM.

 

[SpiderGear]

We did table this again, it is on their list of things to discuss, re Vumatel in new areas as fibrehoods it's still PON. But it's newer gen PON so can do 1G as well.

We use 10G bidis on most of our other parts of the network, so the fibre is easy to do up to 10G even with current standards, but the active kit (switches and CPE's) are still quite costly for home use. As far as contention and back haul that's also easy with CWDM and DWDM.

Ok thanks. So no idea on timeline?

 

[PBCool]

Ok thanks. So no idea on timeline?

Not as yet

 

[Genisys]

The main issue with 10Gbps isn't the medium but rather the use case. Most people won't have the equipment (read computers) needed to make full use of 10Gbps. If you are wondering just how much horsepower is needed for 10Gbps you can search for the Linus Tech Tips video on this topic.

For a home user at the moment I can't imagine 100Mbps being too slow.

 

[milomak]

The main issue with 10Gbps isn't the medium but rather the use case. Most people won't have the equipment (read computers) needed to make full use of 10Gbps. If you are wondering just how much horsepower is needed for 10Gbps you can search for the Linus Tech Tips video on this topic.

For a home user at the moment I can't imagine 100Mbps being too slow.

just had a look at netflix, and their maximum recommended speed is 25Mbps.(5Mbps for HD). so yeah i guess 100/100 likely remains a standard for sometime for the home market.