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    Home network speed issues

    Hi Cloud 2000. I guess you mean POF (Plastic Optical Fiber) and not PON. If this is the case, then I am sorry to disagree with you. You may find Gigabit POF switches at: www.casacom.ch www.datalight-system.com www.homefibre.com www.innovience.com www.sopactel.com Moreover, SFP with POF ports...
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    Home network speed issues

    I strongly suggest you take a look at Plastic Optical Fiber to extend your WiFi AP. You will have 1 Gbps without the trouble to lay down Cat5e/6 copper all over your home.... You may check at www.casacom.ch for commercial equipment
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    Hi Matteo, Fully agree with your analysis. Just to comments: The CASACOM kit is using KDPOF´s chipset which warrantees 1 Gbps (true speed, no messing around with mktg. tricks) over step index POF. You don´t need to use GOF to get the Gigabit. This means "cheap" fibre (20-40 cents/m) deliver...
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    Any alternative to Apple´s Airport Express?

    AC56U form factor is much bigger than Apple´s Express. Also, as an AP, the 4 RJ45´s are redundant. Price is no cheaper than Apple´s... I just hope Apple will upgrade their product line soon to add -ac as sf-2000 was forecasting.... and hopefully they keep the form factor of the express and, of...
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    Any alternative to Apple´s Airport Express?

    Thanks!!! These look really nice. I did not know about these guys from Latvia. I found a distributor in Spain and I will request some boards to test. I liked most, as are the ones closest to Apple´s: -ac, Gigabit port, POE, list price 79$: http://routerboard.com/product/241 -ac, Gigabit...
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    Any alternative to Apple´s Airport Express?

    Hi, I am sorry to say (:)) that I am a fan of Apple´s Airport Express. From time to time I dig inside the charts and comparisons to find alternatives and, so far, could´t find a reasonable alternative. What I like from Apple´s device and I would like to see elsewhere is: Small form factor...
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    Hi Terry, you are right this is a key point. Currently POF runs at Gigabit but higher speeds are already in the oven. You know that IEEE´s next step jumps right into 10 Gbps as of today but, I guess from your comment, they are considering intermediate steps to 2.5 and 5 Gbps as well. POF will...
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    POF is just cut with a simple cutter (30 cents tools). No polish, nothing else. 5 seconds. 30 cents per meter.
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    POF today delivers Gigabit up to 80 meters with RED LEDs. With Green LEDs it delivers 100 meters, although these devices are still not in the market (expect them on 2016) I disagree on the GOF comparison. Obviously you can not compare GOF with POF. POF is a piece of wood compared to such an...
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    Hi Terry, the IEEE´s 1000BASE-RH will be ready by the end of 2016. The Task force is moving forward really quick. Of course POF will always be more expensive than copper as the equipment does not implement POF ports and you will always need converters. The point is in the installation. See my...
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    At the end everything comes to installation. If Cat5e/6 is easy to install then POF doesn´t make sense in homes. But typically, at least here in "old Europe", installing copper in already constructed houses is a pain in the back as walls are made out of brick and there are not empty conduits to...
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    There are existing SFP modules with Gigabit POF "flavour". The very same company from the webpage referred by Tim, that is CASACOM, offers an SFP with POF. Being an SFP means that you can plug it into any SFP device (typically a switch with SFP slots in it). What you cannot do is to use the...
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    Gigabit over Plastic Optical Fiber

    You are right. POF has been around since several years with 100 Mbps maximum data rate. It has been only since last year that Gigabit speed is available. There is only one commercial implementation of Gigabit POF that is currently standardized in Europe under ETSI (TS 105 175-1-2) and in...
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