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| | Ask HN: Would it be feasible to install dark fiber while building a home? | | 5 points by jevinskie on Aug 8, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments | | With Google rolling out 1 Gbps connections to Kansas City, SSDs easily saturating 1 Gbps LANs (~500 MB/s vs 125 MB/s), and 4k/8k video on the way would it be prudent to outfit a new home with a bunch of dark fiber to all of the rooms? Equipment for 10 GbE is still pricey but falling fast. You could always wait for the non-fiber equipment cost to go down before you switch from, say, using CAT6/1 GbE. Any idea what the dark fiber alone would cost? I would assume that multi-mode would be sufficient but would single-mode fiber offer better upgrade paths? |
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