Want 50Mb per second? Forget fibre

Dom · Sep 13, 2003, 02:02 PM

Think fibre to the home is the future? Think again.

Finnish company Teleste, a European supplier of network kit for cable operators, has signed a co-operation agreement with the second biggest Dutch cable operator Essent Kabelcom to develop and deploy a fast IP-based data access technology called Ethernet to the Home (ETTH).

ETTH offers speeds up to 10 Mb/s data speed to residential customers without the need of active consumer premise equipment, and up to 50Mb/s symmetrical data connectivity to business customers.

More importantly, it works with plain old coax cables. That means cable operators can extend the life of their present networks with only limited changes to their infrastructure. Since the technology is fully Ethernet based, subscribers won't need a modem or an adapter either. They can plug their computers straight into the wall.

At the moment, DSL and Cable Internet providers are competing head to head. Both offer almost the same data speeds with 8 megabits per second as a maximum. VDSL, the fastest DSL variant, offers speeds up to 56 Mbps, but only at a short distance. Ethernet To The Home doesn't have that limitation; the cable infrastructure uses network amplifiers.

Fibre has long been viewed as the next step in broadband because it provides access speeds beyond what is available through cable or DSL connections, or even T1 or T3 lines. Speeds would range from 10 megabits per second to 100 Mbps.

Both Dutch and Swedish governments subsidise fibre network services to the home. Earlier in the year, Dutch telco KPN Telecom started talks with the city council of Amsterdam to connect 40 thousand households in the Zeeburg and IJburg suburbs to a fibre broadband network.

Unfortunately, fibre is still very expensive. That's why Essent Kabelcom believes Ethernet To The Home is a better solution. A trial is to take place in the Netherlands in the near future.

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Source: TheRegister

hasher · Sep 13, 2003, 04:03 PM

sounds cool but what about security

tek · Sep 13, 2003, 04:34 PM

Get a router.

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Vengeance · Sep 13, 2003, 06:42 PM

This will be cool, But I wonder how much more the big bad cable companys will want for it

k_away · Sep 13, 2003, 06:46 PM

current speeds will go up in time, without any change in price.
probly wont be 50mbit though, but still better then no speed increase at all =)

Judas · Sep 13, 2003, 07:23 PM

What crack are they on? Fiber hitting 100Mb/s? the theoretical bandwidth on just on of those suckers is expected to be around 10gb/s- 65gb/s (or better)

General M · Sep 14, 2003, 11:42 AM

A great advantage of fibre cables is the 50% higher transmission speed.
At least they told me at the university.

Saint_K · Sep 14, 2003, 09:11 PM

This screeny was taken this weekend on a computer connected to this network from essent..

Sep 13, 2003, 02:02 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Want 50Mb per second? Forget fibre Think fibre to the home is the future? Think again. Finnish company Teleste, a European supplier of network kit for cable operators, has signed a co-operation agreement with the second biggest Dutch cable operator Essent Kabelcom to develop and deploy a fast IP-based data access technology called Ethernet to the Home (ETTH). ETTH offers speeds up to 10 Mb/s data speed to residential customers without the need of active consumer premise equipment, and up to 50Mb/s symmetrical data connectivity to business customers. More importantly, it works with plain old coax cables. That means cable operators can extend the life of their present networks with only limited changes to their infrastructure. Since the technology is fully Ethernet based, subscribers won't need a modem or an adapter either. They can plug their computers straight into the wall. At the moment, DSL and Cable Internet providers are competing head to head. Both offer almost the same data speeds with 8 megabits per second as a maximum. VDSL, the fastest DSL variant, offers speeds up to 56 Mbps, but only at a short distance. Ethernet To The Home doesn't have that limitation; the cable infrastructure uses network amplifiers. Fibre has long been viewed as the next step in broadband because it provides access speeds beyond what is available through cable or DSL connections, or even T1 or T3 lines. Speeds would range from 10 megabits per second to 100 Mbps. Both Dutch and Swedish governments subsidise fibre network services to the home. Earlier in the year, Dutch telco KPN Telecom started talks with the city council of Amsterdam to connect 40 thousand households in the Zeeburg and IJburg suburbs to a fibre broadband network. Unfortunately, fibre is still very expensive. That's why Essent Kabelcom believes Ethernet To The Home is a better solution. A trial is to take place in the Netherlands in the near future. ________________________ Source: TheRegister

Sep 13, 2003, 04:34 PM	#3
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Get a router. =/ __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

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Vengeance DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort Worth TX Posts: 643 Rep Power: 0	This will be cool, But I wonder how much more the big bad cable companys will want for it __________________ [color=red]Rage3D Super Moderator[/color] [color=red]BFG 6800 GT [/color]

Sep 13, 2003, 04:03 PM	#2
hasher if u got some ,pass it around Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 96 Rep Power: 0	sounds cool but what about security

Sep 13, 2003, 06:46 PM	#5
k_away DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	current speeds will go up in time, without any change in price. probly wont be 50mbit though, but still better then no speed increase at all =)

Sep 14, 2003, 11:42 AM	#7
General M DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	A great advantage of fibre cables is the 50% higher transmission speed. At least they told me at the university.

Sep 14, 2003, 09:11 PM	#8
Saint_K InSaNe Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Den haag, netherlands Posts: 836 Rep Power: 0	This screeny was taken this weekend on a computer connected to this network from essent..