Re: [tlug] NTT Hikari Fiber - Does it "Just Work" with Linux (Kubuntu)?

["Patrick Kellaher" <kalmite@example.com>]

So would having fiber installed to a single family house be faster
than almost end of line 40Mb ADSL line which I get about 5Mb on
usually?  I would love to go fiber but often wonder about the speed.
Never thought of the Linux support though... everything usually works
with my trusty Linksys router.

Pat

On 9/7/07, emiddleton@example.com <emiddleton@example.com> wrote:
> Keith Bawden wrote:
> > On 9/6/07, Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure which path to recommend....
> >>
> >
> > I would go fiber every time. I've used both ADSL and fiber here in J
> > and I can honestly say the fiber is far far better in pretty much
> > every aspect.
> >
> > The fact that the link is shared has never had a discernible impact on
> > my experience. For example I used to use IPTV with an ADSL line. If I
> > checked my email and there was a large attachment my TV would become
> > stilted. With fiber I can be using bitorrent, downloading an iso,
> > doing a net install of debian and the picture never skips a beat.
> >
>
> I would generally agree, and I have always gone with fiber where
> possiable, but it isn't always going to be faster/better and there are
> no real guarantees (i.e. best effort).  When I was getting fiber
> installed the technician said I would probably have been better with
> ADSL because I was very close to the nearest station and they had
> apparently been getting lots of complaints from people getting poor
> performance after changing to fiber.  His explanation was that they had
> too many users on the same  link.
>
> Edward
>
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