That is because over the phone you are talking with BT Consumer and might as well be asking the same question to Sky or TalkTalk

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In reply to a post by 23Prince:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

and point us to the consumer kit that gives 2 Gig Ethernet to a PC?

<-- raises hand.

I've just seen one on Ebay for 20 dollars with 66 dollars shipping! I didn't want to link it in case it broke the rules, but they are around!

If I was having to upgrade my LAN Cards for faster ones I would op for the 10Gb ones.

Paul

In a lot of cases, the limitation isn't what card you can put in the PC, but what cables are built into the building.

Perhaps now is a timely reminder that Ethernet specs have been updated lately, as they've been trying to fit higher speeds down the old pathways, so you don't need to upgrade the cables in the building.

That means that there are specs for getting 2.5Gb and 5Gb down cat 5e cables that used to cope with 1Gb. But I think 10Gb still needs better media

https://indico.uknof.org.uk/event/34/contribution/21...

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But they said that BT's infrastructure would need to be upgraded to the 10Gb or upwards before that would happen, and that some areas already have that done.

Yes, using WDM to overlay a 10Gb XGPON alongside a 2.5Gb GPON is possible, and seems like a likely requirement for offering gigabit services.

Clive Selley was talking recently about the possibility of offering symmetric services over the PON infrastructure; he said that in the context of them trialling WDM overlays of a 40Gb NGPON2 wavelength and a 10Gb XGPON wavelength and a 2.5Gb GPON wavelength all together.

Part of this talk at BBWF, somewhere near the end:
http://www.ubb2020.com/video.asp?section_id=481&doc_...

In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

In reply to a post by 23Prince:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

and point us to the consumer kit that gives 2 Gig Ethernet to a PC?

<-- raises hand.

I've just seen one on Ebay for 20 dollars with 66 dollars shipping! I didn't want to link it in case it broke the rules, but they are around!

If I was having to upgrade my LAN Cards for faster ones I would op for the 10Gb ones.

Paul

I'm not as rich as you

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In a lot of cases, the limitation isn't what card you can put in the PC, but what cables are built into the building.

Perhaps now is a timely reminder that Ethernet specs have been updated lately, as they've been trying to fit higher speeds down the old pathways, so you don't need to upgrade the cables in the building.

That means that there are specs for getting 2.5Gb and 5Gb down cat 5e cables that used to cope with 1Gb. But I think 10Gb still needs better media

https://indico.uknof.org.uk/event/34/contribution/21...

I am using CAT6 and CAT6A cables which wasn't cheap btw, the second being dual screened cables with a single drain wire down the middle, I am using that cable behind walls, under floors and in the loft space, the CAT6 cable is what I used for the actual Patch Cables, not really a fan of the cross shaped plastic down the middle which mad it a pain to put on the RJ45 connectors.

I chose those cables a while back due to I was thinking ahead and didn't want to have to pull through new better cable later on.

So I know my cables would be fine.

Paul

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I'm not as rich as you

Ouch, just seen the prices, LOL.
The cheapest 10Gb LAN Card that I could find was £200 each and that would also require a different connector, it looks similar to a RJ45 connector but its longer and screened.

I think it uses a SFP connector that allows you to use RJ45 connectors, "I Think" but I could be wrong.

Also maybe once 10 Gb becomes more common the prices will drop.

Paul

In reply to a post by WWWombat:

Yes, using WDM to overlay a 10Gb XGPON alongside a 2.5Gb GPON is possible, and seems like a likely requirement for offering gigabit services.

Clive Selley was talking recently about the possibility of offering symmetric services over the PON infrastructure; he said that in the context of them trialling WDM overlays of a 40Gb NGPON2 wavelength and a 10Gb XGPON wavelength and a 2.5Gb GPON wavelength all together.

Part of this talk at BBWF, somewhere near the end:
http://www.ubb2020.com/video.asp?section_id=481&doc_...

Watching the video now.

*** update ***
That was a very interesting video
I knew it was 2.5Gb shared between 32 customers

I noticed that he never discussed congestion in the network.

Paul

Edited by PaulKirby (Sat 17-Dec-16 00:27:58)

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In reply to a post by bowdon:

I noticed that BT pushed back the full roll out of G.fast until the 2nd half of 2017. We'll have to see if that actually happens.

Where are the proof of this?

I got it from here: BT delays G.fast rollout 6-9 months to 2H 2017

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Also no reason why Ethernet LAN would need a 2 Gbps link speed to handle 500 Mbps either, and point us to the consumer kit that gives 2 Gig Ethernet to a PC?

Not aware of any. Only solution I know of is to use a 2 port NIC and port channel it though that's hardly consumer stuff.

Hopefully soon consumer products offering 2.5Gb will be around.

I see some rather shadily advertising 1Gb but making a big point of their having 2.5Gb full-duplex PCI-E connections. Buyer beware.