[186890] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GPON vs. GEPON
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Jan 8 13:50:35 2016
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From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:46:37 -0800
To: Josh Reynolds <josh@kyneticwifi.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>, nanog-isp@mail.com
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> Count in oversubscription rates for residential, and consider that =
most
> people, despite what they say or think, will end up on 2.4GHz wireless =
in
> the home due to 5GHz sucking more than a room away - that ends up =
being a
> very scalable solution for residential service.
Um=E2=80=A6 5GHz works a lot better from one end of my house to the =
other than 2.4Ghz
due (in large part) to this fact=E2=80=A6 Almost every one of my =
neighbors is using
various 2.4GHz devices including about 45 external SSIDs visible from =
the
center of my house using the on-board antenna of an ESP8266 board from =
Adafruit.
The noise floor and congestion on 2.4GHz in many urban settings, =
especially here
in Silicon Valley makes 5Ghz a much better option in any home where =
people are
smart enough to pay attention to the difference.
OTOH, since the WiFi consortium took away the ability for consumers to =
easily
differentiate (it=E2=80=99s all =E2=80=9Cn=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cac=E2=80=9D=
now regardless of frequency) and you have
to really read the fine print on the side of the box to find a 5Ghz =
capable
WAP at your local big box store, most consumers end up on 2.4Ghz because =
those
are the least expensive routers on the shelf.
Personally, I don=E2=80=99t mind this, but I think the 2.4Ghz prevalence =
has more to do
with consumers not knowing what they are buying than it does with =
performance.
Owen
