ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
 ·AT&T Southwest
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Wiring new home - use that extra SM fiber after all?
I know -- I know -- fiber inside homes is pointless. Fiber has no speed advantage over copper at distances under 300 feet.
But I'm wiring my new home myself -- and it'd be so easy just to dust-off that 'ol spool of SM fiber I have laying around -- and spool some across the house -- "just-cuz" 
If I ever actually used it -- I'd likely terminate it to a pair of media converters. Besides being a "conversation-piece" -- can anyone think of any real use for it in the house?
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sedorox
join:2006-06-23
Williamsport, PA
clubs:
| I would say no. For little distances like that, you would want multi-mode, not single-mode. I'm looking at using fiber too (since I have a crap-ton of extra fiber around, and the gbics for the switches), but using multi-mode. Also, if you do use single-mode equipment, you'll probably either need a lot of attenuators, or bend the fiber to reduce the light strength yourself. If the light level is too high going into the receive on a device, you can fry the optics, reducing the lifespan of the device. |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
·Verizon Online DSL
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said by ronpin  : can anyone think of any real use for it in the house? It was a stretch but I came with with ten reasons why you might want to wire your home with fiber. 
1) Lightning protection.
2) Extreme security - much harder to tap fiber then copper.
3) Speed - who knows some day 10Gb/s LAN may be seen as quaint.
4) As a consultant think of it as a marketing tool.
5) You have it laying around now - no need to even terminate it until you need it. Cheap now pay later.
6) Terminate a few ends with a diffuser and use it as a night light.
7) Smaller then copper - perhaps able to deliver connectivity where you could not with copper.
8) Bragging rights to your neighbors - the first all fiber home in the area.
9) As a non conductor it cannot over heat and cause a fire no matter what your 10-year old tries to connect it to.
10) You have a lot of experience with fiber - it would be fun to do it.
/tom |
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cob_
1310nm Of Goodness
Premium
join:2003-07-08
Tulsa, OK
| reply to sedorox
said by sedorox :I would say no. For little distances like that, you would want multi-mode, not single-mode. I'm looking at using fiber too (since I have a crap-ton of extra fiber around, and the gbics for the switches), but using multi-mode. Also, if you do use single-mode equipment, you'll probably either need a lot of attenuators, or bend the fiber to reduce the light strength yourself. If the light level is too high going into the receive on a device, you can fry the optics, reducing the lifespan of the device. I think that would be an issue unless he attenuated properly for the media converters, which shouldn't be too hard to do. MM isn't a "must" for short distances, there are plenty of short-reach, SM cards/GBICs/SFPs in use across a wide variety of equipment. |
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Corvus
Flaming Tards Since 2003
Premium,VIP
join:2003-11-26
| said by cob_ :I think that would be an issue unless he attenuated properly for the media converters, which shouldn't be too hard to do. MM isn't a "must" for short distances, there are plenty of short-reach, SM cards/GBICs/SFPs in use across a wide variety of equipment. Yep, it's not rare to link two SONET nodes in the same bay with only few feet of optical cable
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switchman
join:1999-11-06
Grand Prairie, TX | reply to ronpin
Do you have the equipment to put the connectors on with. If not, that fiber will not be doing any good. |
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