Ilya Chernykh wrote:
On Monday 13 September 2010 03:23:04 James Knott wrote:
For whom? Currently ADSL companies advertise Internet access in my area slightly more expensive than Ethenet providers for the same download speed (and much slower upload speed).
In order to offer ethernet, you have to have cables capable of carrying it. There are a lot of buildings and neighbourhoods that have lots of phone cable but no cat5 or fibre.
What's the problem with stretching such cables? Currently at least 3 providers have their separate ethernet networks in my building.
There's no problem as such, it's only a matter of cost. Older buildings will typically not have room for a thick ethernet cable per apartment in the cable ducts, so new ducts are required. Because of the length limitation, you need ethernet switches in each building, one port per apartment. To inter-connect buildings, you'll need to dig the cables in, that's expensive and disruptive. To connect to the internet, you need an uplink. All very expensive. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (13.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org