DSL Fiber Optics

[Crono]

Hey, I have a question about DSL Fiber Optics for anyone who knows anything about it, its the kind of DSL that goes through phoneline. Is there only one special phonejack for it or does it go through the entire house like regular phonelines? This is related to my little "problem", because I am switching ISPs and they have dsl fiber optics.

[BlueFire]

DSL Fiber Optics is the fastest connection you can get, me thinks. Someone else will answer it better here though. :p

[PureEvil]

Try phoning the ISP you're switching to and asking them...

[gekko]

From what I know, you need more of a "high performance" phone jack. But I'd check another source, most likely your ISP to check.

And the fastest connection you can get right now is fiber optics, like real fiber optics. Costs millions to lay the cable, plus the service is I'm almost positive, in the 6-digit monthly fees at least. But you get speeds of over a gig per second.

[Happydude]

wait...then what do cable connections use?:confused:

[gekko]

Cable.

[Crono]

hmmm..its that expensive huh? DAMN! I can't pay for that, screw this..wait..unless theres a cheaper fiber optics? maybe...probably not though...

[PureEvil]

Originally posted by Crono
hmmm..its that expensive huh? DAMN! I can't pay for that, screw this..wait..unless theres a cheaper fiber optics? maybe...probably not though...

No, no, no.

gekko said actual fiber optics are the hella-fast, hella-expensive one. DSL fiber optics may be expensive (I personally have no idea), but those weren't the ones gekko was referring to.

If you want to find out how much DSL fiber optics would cost you, as both gekko and I have already said, talk to your ISP. They'll know the answers to your questions about that stuff.

[Crono]

Originally posted by PureEvil


No, no, no.

gekko said actual fiber optics are the hella-fast, hella-expensive one. DSL fiber optics may be expensive (I personally have no idea), but those weren't the ones gekko was referring to.

If you want to find out how much DSL fiber optics would cost you, as both gekko and I have already said, talk to your ISP. They'll know the answers to your questions about that stuff.

I'm calling them on monday.

[gekko]

Originally posted by Crono
hmmm..its that expensive huh? DAMN! I can't pay for that, screw this..wait..unless theres a cheaper fiber optics? maybe...probably not though...

ACTUAL fiber optics is. DSL goes through a phone line. A fiber optic connection, you must bury a tube from your ISP location, all the way to your house.

Like for me to get it, I'd need to lay a fiber optic line from downtown Minneapolis, all the way to my house, digging up and replacing the roads and ground. It's not made for residential use, but if you had billions of dollars, you could afford it. T3 is only $35K a month, I could only imagine what a fiber optic connection would cost.

[Crono]

Originally posted by gekko


ACTUAL fiber optics is. DSL goes through a phone line. A fiber optic connection, you must bury a tube from your ISP location, all the way to your house.

Like for me to get it, I'd need to lay a fiber optic line from downtown Minneapolis, all the way to my house, digging up and replacing the roads and ground. It's not made for residential use, but if you had billions of dollars, you could afford it. T3 is only $35K a month, I could only imagine what a fiber optic connection would cost.

Oh, so...you mean just normal phoneline DSL isnt that expensive?

[gekko]

Phoneline DSL would be pocket change if you could afford fiber-optics.

OC-1 is 51MBps, OC-3 is 155MBps, OC-12 is 622Mbps, OC-24 is 1.24Gbps, OC-48 connection is 2.5Gbps, OC-192 is 10GBps, OC-768 is 40Gbps :eek:

Anyway, DSL will cost you somewhere around the $40-50 a month range.

[Crono]

Originally posted by gekko
Phoneline DSL would be pocket change if you could afford fiber-optics.

Anyway, DSL will cost you somewhere around the $40-50 a month range.

Thats pretty affordable, and no I cant afford fiber optics, aint that rich...yet.

[-apu-]

Originally posted by gekko
From what I know, you need more of a "high performance" phone jack. But I'd check another source, most likely your ISP to check.

And the fastest connection you can get right now is fiber optics, like real fiber optics. Costs millions to lay the cable, plus the service is I'm almost positive, in the 6-digit monthly fees at least. But you get speeds of over a gig per second.

ya, it's called OC3 and go's fast as hell, becuz it's a private fibre optic cable, and it's uased for bigass lans for bigass companies that can afford it

[-apu-]

Originally posted by gekko
Phoneline DSL would be pocket change if you could afford fiber-optics.

OC-1 is 51MBps, OC-3 is 155MBps, OC-12 is 622Mbps, OC-24 is 1.24Gbps, OC-48 connection is 2.5Gbps, OC-192 is 10GBps, OC-768 is 40Gbps :eek:

Anyway, DSL will cost you somewhere around the $40-50 a month range.
ummmm....bell sympatico high speed and Earthlink are both dsl

[Cyrax9]

Before you go DSL like I almost did (and my Auntr in the IT buisenes regreeted doing) make sure the Cable Modems in you area aren't better. If you're farther form the DSL Junction at the phone comapnies oaffice (3 miles is the standrad) your conection degrades to crap, if you can get cable it's slightly faster but depending on how many people are in the "pipe" of Cable users you migiht get a slow connection at Primetime and during Monday Night Football. My advice is to check your options, if you're closer to the phone office, DSL, if you're about 2 1/2 miles away, forget it and try cable, also, make sure your DSL providedr is a decent one, erizon sucks, so be careful with who you choose, also try and keep your old ISP for at least one month to allow a "Chnage of address" notice for people who don't know you're switiching, and make sure you have a firewal for a High-speed conection. ZoneAlarm is just fine, but ZA pro is beter. As for complete Fiber-optic lines, if you wanrt one, you'd better be a millionaire.