tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post8677733285271692815..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: NOT PJ: Unwanted penetrationPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-61332455820709086602009-09-24T10:18:18.738+12:002009-09-24T10:18:18.738+12:00Russell: Wireless connections are another way of p...Russell: Wireless connections are another way of providing that "cable" to you so that your ISP can deliver data. Due to a ton of factors far more technical than you'd ever care about, wireless is a lot more limited in total capacity than fibre. Latency (time between asking for data and getting it) tends to be higher also, but we're talking in the order of milliseconds, so unless you're a dedicated gamer (caring about pings and frags :) it won't matter to you.<br /><br />Right, I'll stop trying to turn this into "Ask A Nerd" now. ;) I return you to your regularly scheduled trolls by anonymous users.Greig McGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159929906208157846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36980212976159469902009-09-24T09:17:00.011+12:002009-09-24T09:17:00.011+12:00I been interested in a NZ company that has develop...I been interested in a NZ company that has developed a wireless Fractal Mesh Network for internet and other uses.<br /><br />I would appreciate hearing from techo's what their take on this approach to data transfer. It seems more logical having an expandable wireless network rather than mole-plowing fibre-optic cable up every driveway in the country.<br /><br />Answers in plain English please.<br /><br />GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-19981498312426625462009-09-24T09:05:13.148+12:002009-09-24T09:05:13.148+12:00Russell: The beauty of the internet is that you ca...Russell: The beauty of the internet is that you can connect using tons of different ways in order to transport info, kind of like posting a package: by car, by bike, by train, by plane, it doesn't matter as long as it gets to you.<br /><br />Fibre is the equivalent to building an uber-fast-autobahn, it can take anything from Ladas to Lamborghinis. But like this, it doesn't make much economic sense to build an autobahn up to every Lada owner's driveway...Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517163803946638247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-82214873622699633602009-09-24T08:33:38.872+12:002009-09-24T08:33:38.872+12:00Cheers Greig, I'm going on to netsmart shortly...Cheers Greig, I'm going on to netsmart shortly which requires me to hook up to an aerial, how is that related?Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3577046616672189612009-09-24T08:08:27.823+12:002009-09-24T08:08:27.823+12:00Russell: Not really. Fibre is just a medium. It do...Russell: Not really. Fibre is just a medium. It doesn't dictate the protocols you use it for. That's a little like asking if roads will be superseded soon. I mean, it's possible, but highly unlikely. Broadband just means "lots of data at once". It's become a meaningless marketing term unfortunately, and people have started to think that it is a specific type of technology. Fibre provides the largest practical "pipe" (or, series of tubes! ;) for sending lots of data at once - delivering a broad band of data. I'm sure that there will be more effective ways of utilising that medium when it hits capacity, much as we saw with DSL technology getting a ton of extra capacity out of copper.<br /><br />Anonymous: Great contribution there. I'm sure you have plenty to offer?Greig McGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159929906208157846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64522495903332873242009-09-24T07:47:22.745+12:002009-09-24T07:47:22.745+12:00"there are no mountain bikes in California&qu..."there are no mountain bikes in California" chortle. But there IS no winter in California: Californicans that come here are shocked to discover that we have winter.Clunking Fisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020166717482531977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-86125858513581177692009-09-24T07:47:14.430+12:002009-09-24T07:47:14.430+12:00This blog is like Saturday night at the wailing wa...This blog is like Saturday night at the wailing wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-30211408093784129162009-09-24T07:42:26.674+12:002009-09-24T07:42:26.674+12:00Tell me please techi folk out there, how far off i...Tell me please techi folk out there, how far off is a new way of doing things that supercedes broadband? I wager (not that I know anything about such things) that by the time they finish installing this stuff that it will be on the way to being obsolete - could I be right?Russellnoreply@blogger.com