As technology progress over time, we the end consumers are often not outfitted to stay in the loop due to increasing costs of deploying these latest advancements. What about the fiber optic’s that has been around for a decade or so? What is preventing the Internet Service Providers from upgrading their systems, so that we as consumers are armed to deal with new “lighting speeds” of internet access?
In these days of internet speed and reliability, do we see the necessary steps taken by our service providers to give us the very best? I think not! When the world revolves around the speed of business? Why do we suffer the lag and drag of older cables that are supposed to be good enough for our consuming demands on internet deliverability. There are better ways to acquire the speed and flexibility in everyday communications through the use of fiber-optics over copper cables. So I ask the ISP’s, why are you not deploying such measures in the now to average consumers?
Single mode fiber optic cables allows a single light to travel down a given path at a time versus a dual mode fiber cable which allows multiply signals down a path. This means that the single fiber is more resistant to attenuation as the light travels down a length of a hundred feet than it would be to a multi-mode cable. However each one has the distinct advantages over traditional cabling that outweighs the disadvantage. The main disadvantage of fiber optic is that it is fragile, considering the fiber is usually ceramic or glass by design.
Is the nation ready for fiber optic cables? Yes, for the fact that data is transmitted at a faster and clearer rate through light pulses than in electronic pulses. The ability to receive and send documents to your boss at an increase rate and more stable format nearly slashes the cost of the fiber optic cable installation. Especially if served through a multi-faucet community that is willing to burden the cost of installation and maintenance of such lines. In due regard that businesses of all sorts would benefit the most from the upgrade, this doesn’t mean that they should shoulder the whole bill but encompass it with the local community in general.
To play the darker advocate on this, fiber optic cabling is not the lone savior of the world but it will help in general on the data transfers, downloads, uploads and sharing of files in an increased tempo. There is necessary equipment that must be maintained in order for the network to function at nearly 100% desirability. In situations where the length of the cable shall exceed its maximum requirements, a switch or booster of some sort should be in place to retain the signal quality over long distances. A good quality switch would be suitable for a street or a small block of business, reminding you of the expense of installation involved. Each switch could be connected to a good quality server housed in a location suitable for technicians to access. These servers would have its own connection to the internet and supply access to residential and business areas through a high speed backbone setup through the switches installed on each street.
As I discussed in the last sentence above, the practically of the theory may work but the cost would be astronomical to employ. So there should be plans by the ISP to cut costs without sacrificing quality to us (the consumers). A fine balance of price, quality and functionality is the battle at moment to bring about a system to the average household. I leave you my dear readers a final question. Are you willing to pay for a higher grade internet access system?
Wed, Aug 26, 2009, by wolffe
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