On 9/24/05, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/23/05, Alexander Indenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/23/05, Maxim Kovgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You may consider Gigabit network infrastructure - i.e. buy Cat6 cables. > > > > I think for intra-home usage and internet connectivity fast/100mb > > infrastructure will be sufficient till year 2010 at least :) > > Which will happen in less than 5 years.
Actually, by 2010 I meant "the time when humans will visit Jupiter" More info at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/ > > Don't think that just because it sounds rediculous today it's not going to > come. I'd side with Maxim's recommandation on this one, especially that > I expect that the relative addition to price isn't high(?). Heck - I'd look > for > the most advanced LAN technology I can afford which will be relevant > for the next 10-20 years and put it now. It's mostly a matter of how much > will you save if you avoid the "best" option. > I'm not sure that this particular case falls under bigger - better category. I'd like to remind you that modern PC hardware could not utilize 1G bandwidth network - it really can't in most cases :) There is neither enough CPU horse power nor enough memory bandwidth. That is why I doubt that 1G Ethernet technology is ready for deployment as my home backbone. Saying that I agree that high-end industrial server room or from other hand distributed system/cluster interconnect would benefit from 1G Ethernet. > > BTW - do you have enough spare room in your tunnles to add cables later? Hopefully. > > Remember how just a few years ago cellulars that do video-conference > (or even just PTT gadgets style Star-Trek) looked like science fiction and > now you can't remember when you first saw it in the street, now imagine > having to buy a new set of cables and having to re-wire your home in just > 4-5 years. And I thought cell phones are for making calls :) > > (Even if you plan to leave your home before you get to take advantage of this, > it could add to the value of your home). > > --Amos > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
