{"id":12070,"date":"2017-10-12T21:43:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T04:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?page_id=12070"},"modified":"2020-01-05T05:48:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T12:48:14","slug":"g-fast-using-existing-copper-wires","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?page_id=12070","title":{"rendered":"Fixed Wireless (FWA), FTTP\u00a0(Fiber-to-the-premises), FTTH, G-Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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G-Fast\u00a0can\u00a0be set up various ways, however the fully wired “fiber to copper” \u00a0or \u00a0“fiber to Home” ( FTTH )\u00a0<\/strong>would provide safe, fast and secure connections. If needed, home owners could use wireless at the end point. \u00a0No sense in exposing homes to wireless if they don’t even use it – or where their health is effected by it.<\/p>\n

Telus is familiar with the G-Fast technology<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>, as they followed the early\u00a0discussions\u00a0about its development\u00a0in the UK.<\/p>\n

Telus has fully wired some homes in British Columbia, yet some have had problems with the Telus Optik boxes<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>emitting RF when Telus said there would not be any wireless signal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If G-Fast is actually safe, and it appears that some of the configurations do not use wireless, then this would be a good alternative to the wireless eNodeB \/ Small Cell that Telus and Bell have decided to install.<\/p>\n

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MARKETPLACE BLOG<\/p>\n

THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2018\u00a0IN\u00a0FACTS & FIGURES<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bell fibre optics explained<\/h2>\n

Bell Canada\u2019s Fibe TV internet services both make use of a fibre optic network.<\/p>\n

Fibre optic cables transmit data using light. It\u2019s the best, and fastest, internet technology available on the market. Traditional broadband connections use copper, or \u2018coaxial\u2019 cables to deliver the internet, and these can\u2019t hold the same volume of information, or transfer at the same speed.
\nHowever, depending on your neighbourhood, the fibre optics could come right to your home<\/strong> (fibre to the home), or stop some distance away in your neighbourhood (fibre to the node).<\/p>\n

What this means, and how it could impact your maximum internet speed is not widely understood. That\u2019s why Marketplace has your consumer cheat sheet.<\/p>\n

Fibre to the home:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You have fibre optic cables\u00a0directly connecting your home to the Bell fibre optic network<\/span>. With this kind of infrastructure, Bell can advertise speeds of up to 1Gbps.<\/p>\n

Fibre to the node:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bell\u2019s fibre optic network\u00a0stretches as far as a \u201cnode\u201d\u00a0which could be \u00a03 or 4 houses away, a street away or further from your house.<\/span> From this node, traditional copper coaxial cables connect your home to the fibre optic network. Though still potentially fast, this type of connection means that the same maximum speeds as an all-fibre connection are not typically achievable. Bell often advertises speeds of up to 50Mbps.<\/p>\n

Fibe TV:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bell\u2019s IPTV television service. Instead of traditional cable or satellite, your TV is delivered via the internet on Bell\u2019s fibre optic network. This product is available regardless of whether you have fibre to the home or to the node.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/marketplace\/blog\/bell-fibre-optics-explained<\/a><\/div>\n
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Swisscom to be the first European telecommunications service provider to launch G.fast<\/span><\/h2>\n

Berne, 18 October 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a more than four-year project phase, the new transmission standard will now be applied across Switzerland as part of the regular Fibre to the Street (FTTS)<\/strong> expansion. The technology will allow Swisscom to quickly and cost-effectively provide high transmission speeds to up to 500 Mbps.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the course of the more than four-year project phase, Swisscom and its technology partner Huawei worked together to develop specific solutions for the Swiss market. Swisscom had already successfully provided the first pilot customers worldwide with the final standard of G.fast and thereby gathered key insights for its further development in spring 2015. Since September 2016, only G.fast-compatible 16-port hardware has been used for the Switzerland-wide FTTS expansion. With FTTS, fibre-optic cables are laid up to a distance of around 200 metres from the building.<\/span><\/p>\n

We then use the existing Copper cable infrastructure for the remaining distance. In 2017, the transmission standard will also be integrated into 48-port hardware as well as into the Fibre to the Building (FTTB)<\/span> expansion.<\/span><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/www.swisscom.ch\/en\/about\/medien\/press-releases\/2016\/10\/20161018-MM-Gfast.html\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiber_to_the_x<\/a><\/p>\n

The telecommunications industry differentiates between several distinct FTTX configurations. The terms in most widespread use today are:<\/p>\n