In reply to a post by Pipexer:

1Gbps is plenty. That is enough to transfer 1TB in under 3 hours. Plenty for streaming and backups. What home use case needs something faster than this?

Speed tests, my good man, speed tests.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/a86db62d-6ee8-41a...

You can run 10Gbps over Cat5e comfortably for around 45 metres.

Paul

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

1Gbps is plenty. That is enough to transfer 1TB in under 3 hours. Plenty for streaming and backups. What home use case needs something faster than this?

Not having to wait 3 hours!!

Only use cases at 'home' are for 2 reasons -

You have a server(s) and work at home and use them significantly in data transfer heavy tasks
You have 2 or more core hubs of your network - e.g. one Network switch covering one half the house, one covering other

All other use cases go Cat 6a, but if you have either of the above go fibre. Fibre is cheaper and easier, when you are linking switches and servers / workstations.

In reply to a post by paulg0:

You can run 10Gbps over Cat5e comfortably for around 45 metres.

Paul

Have you actually run 10G on Cat5e at this length? What make of cable (or cabling system)?

You’re really pushing at the absolute limits of the cable, even at shorter distances.

It may be possible in some cases but certainly won’t be universally true, given the wide range of quality of cabling (and terminations etc) - especially in the home environment - the great majority of installations won’t be performance tested.

I really wish I could easily embed images in this forum.

My use case is that the fibre is almost invisible and I haven't had to drill or put conduit anywhere.

You just wish to show off with a fast speed test then?

In reply to a post by broadband66:

You just wish to show off with a fast speed test then?

*Chuckle*

It's not really on-topic but as the joke was missed it seems but I'm a permanent home worker so a devoted business line is a good idea, and resiliency is important to this. Alongside this the specific nature of my work makes multiple lines a good idea. I've an LTE/4G gateway being added to the mix, again for work purposes.

The 10G was installed after a home move so that it could be a 'one and done' job, much like everything else being done with the home. The router these guys feed has 25G ports and is good for 40 Gbps of throughput so shouldn't need upgrade for a long time also, but either way the fibre can carry terabits so I can just replace the stuff either side.

The cash was available, the kit was available, the justification was available.

The actual post itself was a joke, but I trust that explains for anyone who took me seriously

It is a pain in the neck and if you have no hardware to take advantage of the extra speed then it is a waste of time and money. The cheapest switchis this one at just over £100 as far as I can tell, then you need transceivers and then the fibre.

i found this video on you Tube,that explains a bit about it and the prices, in the U.K, but the video is a couple of years old, so prices may have changed.

I got it working when I have done it for a friend right away, I was shocked, but she has a NAs and couple of computers that will take advantage of the extra speed.

In reply to a post by CarlTSpeak:

The 10G was installed after a home move so that it could be a 'one and done' job

That's exactly why I did it too.

I haven't made use of much of the fibre yet, just a single core out of the ~20 that are run to various locations. The actual fibre cost less than £150 including nice Euromodule based outlets which integrate copper Ethernet, fibre and even coax (as I will be suffering VM until better options arrive this year).

Not having to chase the walls out again is worth far more than £150 to me, and I value the cooler (and by extension, quieter) operation of fibre SFP+s.

If I get bored this week I might even do the energy consumption sums, electricity prices are only going one way.