> Well... except that I'd argue *MULTIMODE* fiber isn't that "future proof".
FTFY Jared > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2020 > From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com>, "Ken Hohhof" > <af...@kwisp.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The Future > > Well... except that I'd argue fiber isn't that "future proof". > > I purchased an ISP that came with an outdoor fiber network. That > outdoor network was MM with repeaters ever few blocks, because well MM. > > That entire network is useless..... so....... I submit that as Exhibit > A, your honor. > > On 1/19/20 10:31 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I think that is the right answer, but the government seems to have fallen > > out of love with fiber and is smitten with mobile wireless, which in their > > future will replace everything. > > > > The right answer may not prevail, in the face of power and money. > > > > Once upon a time we focused on 20 and 30 year infrastructure solutions. > > Look at how easily you can upgrade a fiber network. Then look at what it > > took to go from 2G to 3G to 4G to 5G, and imagine having to do that for > > 20-30 more years, through 6G and 7G and 8G and beyond. Where all that > > spectrum will come from, who knows. No similar problem exists with fiber. > > > > The ironic thing is that the biggest stumbling block to rural millimeter > > wave based 5G would be running fiber to all those towers. If you're going > > to run fiber to everybody's personal cell tower (because the houses are > > half a mile apart), why not just run the fiber to their house. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett > > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 8:35 PM > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The Future > > > > Right now on fiber we're blinking the light on and off like the people a > > hundred years ago sending morse code by blinking a radio on and off. > > > > Right now you can run 9600 gbps with commercial off the shelf hardware, > > blinking 96 different colored lights. Some day you'll have one set of > > optics running all those wavelengths at the same time and modulating them > > all. Then that one fiber will carry tens of thousands of gigabits per > > second. > > > > I don't know if that's "future proof" enough for the long haul, but it > > ought to be good enough for the next 30 years I should think. > > > > -Adam > > > > > > On 1/19/2020 9:29 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: > >> I don’t know why, but this evening got me thinking about broadband > >> delivery over the past 30 years and the future of broadband. > >> > >> First we had nothing, then along came dial-up and that was amazing and > >> many companies sprung up offering the service. Giants like AOL and Prodigy. > >> > >> Then DSL and Cable came along as well as wireless and dial-up has all but > >> died. > >> > >> Now DSL is basically dead, cable and wireless have gone through several > >> iterations and we are seeing a push to fiber. > >> > >> What’s the possibility in the next 10 years cable and wireless will be > >> dead technologies with fiber at the fore front? Possibly. > >> > >> But then..... is fiber really future proof? We are talking about > >> investing hundreds of millions into fiber infrastructure, because it’s > >> “the future”. But is it? > >> > >> So far every technology delivery mechanism to date has become obsolete in > >> as little as 6-10 years. > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
