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Originally Posted by Weekend Pundit
Just for everyone's edification:
1. Fiber is future-proof as only the equipment at each end would need to be upgraded to handle ever increasing speeds and data capacity. (Note: In many cases all that's required for higher data speeds is 'throwing the switch' and not equipment replacement...until ever higher speed/capacity equipment comes online that may use different wavelengths than the existing ones being used.)
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Most people have gigabit network hardware at best. So most people would have to replace everything to take advantage of speeds in excess of 1Gbps which are offered by Fidium and others. I use Fidium and could have gone for their faster service, but I'd have had to replace my wired infrastructure and the WiFi connected devices can't do that speed. Very few servers will give you gigabit speeds.