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A $100 wifi link with off the shelf equipment sounds more interesting to me (and applicable to my life) than a $1000 trench with fiber.
by Johnny555 5y ago
A $100 wifi link with off the shelf equipment sounds more interesting to me (and applicable to my life) than a $1000 trench with fiber.
- 0x000000001 5y agoWhy are Americans allergic to aerial cable runs? Fiber and Ethernet are low/no voltage and don't need to be buried to comply with the electrical code.
- Johnny555 5y agoI can't speak for all Americans, but in the two cases when I've set up a Wifi link: #1 - I don't really want an aerial cable running through my back yard, plus it'd have to be pretty high to give enough clearance for the septic pumping truck. #2 - running cable between the 10th and 13th floor of buildings across the street from each other would require permission from both building owners, and maybe a permit from the city too. While a wifi link just sits in the windows on each side.
- Teever 5y agoMany parts of America are subject to Tornados, Hurricanes, or snowstorms.
- 0x000000001 5y agoThen why are cable companies and the telcos stringing their fiber and coax in the air on telephone poles? They don't do it for the last mike but they do it elsewhere to save money. I still have fiber above ground running through my yard. ATT doesn't bury it, they just run it above ground and wait for a 3rd party contractor to come by and bury it later. Mines been above ground for 6 months now