 DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou | reply to AnonFTW
Re: pathetic What would they use in place of Metro Ethernet? |
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JTR
join:2012-05-19
Carbondale, IL Reviews:
 ·Mediacom
| said by DaSneaky1D:What would they use in place of Metro Ethernet?
Actual fiber? Although I suppose it doesn't make a difference at these speeds and distances. And it isn't clear if they're using fiber or ethernet for their metro-e installs. |
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DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou Reviews:
·Charter
| reply to JTR
Ethernet is just the layer 2 protocol used to transport traffic. Fiber would just be the physical medium to connect the service.
Metro Ethernet is a very common (and still progressing) protocol being used to deliver a very wide variety of services these days. This is happening in place of using SONET or some other TDM infrastructure.
I just ask my question because the anon poster made it sound as if Metro-E was some sort of backwards technology. |
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| reply to JTR
Metro Ethernet is what businesses get when they buy 100-megabit dedicated connections for $2000 a month.
To get access to it as a consumer for $300 a month is a pretty good deal. (Granted, it comes without bandwidth guarantees.) |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
·Comcast
| reply to JTR
+1 to what DaSneakyID said. You can't deliver 305 Mbps down and 65 Mbps up over copper twisted pair 1/3 of a mile. This is definitely Ethernet over a glass light pipe.
The cost per megabit is great, too. A 50M MetroE circuit is well over $1000 per month in 99.9% of places. |
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said by JTR:said by DaSneaky1D:What would they use in place of Metro Ethernet?
Actual fiber? Although I suppose it doesn't make a difference at these speeds and distances. And it isn't clear if they're using fiber or ethernet for their metro-e installs. Actual fiber? What does that even mean? You have to have a layer 2 network technology to carry it over the fiber.
Be it Ethernet or SONET or whatever. You just don't magically connect fiber and make a network. |
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| reply to JTR
said by JTR:said by DaSneaky1D:What would they use in place of Metro Ethernet?
Actual fiber? Although I suppose it doesn't make a difference at these speeds and distances. And it isn't clear if they're using fiber or ethernet for their metro-e installs. What do you think they are doing? Do you think they are running Cat-5 cables on the telephone poles lol? |
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