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I was just making a commentary on the traps some of our end-customers fall into, when they upgrade the connection to fiber thinking it will improve their networ
by Aromasin 3y ago
I was just making a commentary on the traps some of our end-customers fall into, when they upgrade the connection to fiber thinking it will improve their network speeds when the protocol is in fact the limiting factor.
- dale_glass 3y agoWhat protocol? I can get 10 Gbps internet service right now.
- Aromasin 3y agoOf course; telecoms are always pushing the leading edge of data transfer would need fiber for 10/25/40/50/100/400GbE. Some of our customers are still making designs using Triple Speed 10/100/1000Mbps though. For embedded use cases that's good enough, but they still often needlessly spend more on fiber cables, regardless of necessity.
- dale_glass 3y agoFiber is very cheap. Easily cheaper than good copper cable if you're aiming for 10 Gbps or later. The hardware less so, but even then very much affordable. If you're planning for the long term and think that running new cabling everywhere would be a huge pain, or there's some sort of concern with interference, I would definitely go with fiber.
- Aromasin 3y agoI'd love to agree, but there's a whole list of companies I can name and shame where upgrading was, and is, simply a waste of time and resources for everyone involved in the design. It'll do the same speed regardless, with identical error rates, because the protocol hasn't changed. It's simply marketing guff that they can slap on the same product. The "gold-plated HDMI" scam with a fake mustache.
- dale_glass 3y agoI think you've just got some specific situation that's not quite obvious from your comments. It's not at all clear what's being upgraded, what kind of equipment is involved, and why you can predict the effort will be useless.