Ilya Chernykh wrote:
On Monday 13 September 2010 11:42:17 Per Jessen wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
söndagen den 12 september 2010 22.58.01 skrev Carlos E. R.:
On 2010-09-12 18:55, Per Jessen wrote:
Ilya Chernykh wrote:
This is completely standard not only for this city but for this country and for neighboring countries also.
Also for single-family houses or mostly in areas with higher concentrations? I'm surprised it was worth the extra investment in the infrastructure, but I guess xDSL wasn't suitable for some reason.
I guess that their phone network is older.
That's hardly the only reason for such a move.
But it is undoubtedly a very significant argument. If the existing wiring is good enough to provide X, why spend more money to provide X ?
Are you asking about now or some time ago? Some time ago nobody would use just Internet without a LAN because Internet was very expensive.
Some time ago there was no internet, but I think we have already established that 1) in my part of the world in the 90s, there was no use nor demand for the LAN in residential areas, but once the internet content grew, the internet connection got increasingly better, and more people began buying computers. 2) in your part of the world, ethernet LAN (for some yet unexplained reason) became extremely popular in residential multi-storey buildings.
Now they are closer, but Ethernet is somewhat cheaper. And also there is only one telephone company with their ADSL over telephone and multiple Ethernet providers.
How do your Ethernet providers connect your LANs to the internet? I mean, I guess you have a switch in each building, but what does that connect to? A central highspeed backbone switch or fibre connection or what (just curious). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org