[186892] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GPON vs. GEPON
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Reynolds)
Fri Jan 8 14:03:43 2016
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 13:03:40 -0600
From: Josh Reynolds <josh@kyneticwifi.com>
To: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog-isp@mail.com, NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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Customer devices will see the higher signal on the 2.4GHz AP and simply
connect to that, especially as they roam through the house. Most don't pay
attention to SNR at all.
On Jan 8, 2016 12:53 PM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
> I think that was Josh's point, that 5 GHz will likely deliver better RF
> performance than 2.4 (despite physics) due to the amount of interference =
in
> 2.4.
>
>
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> *From: *"Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>
> *To: *"Josh Reynolds" <josh@kyneticwifi.com>
> *Cc: *"NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>, nanog-isp@mail.com
> *Sent: *Friday, January 8, 2016 12:46:37 PM
> *Subject: *Re: GPON vs. GEPON
>
> > 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 neighbor=
s 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 peopl=
e
> 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 capab=
le
> 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
>
>
>
