Hi I'm from Kolkata, India. I have been using a 3 Mbps DSL internet connection since 2013. I do get a speed of 300-350 KBps in average. Nowadays the ISP is telling me that they are gonna provide me a fiber optic internet connection of that same 3 Mbps speed, I just need to spend ₹1500 ($23 approx.) on that. Now my question is, what I'm gonna get with that new fiber optic connection? Would it really matter and crank up my internet speed? Would mmy D-Link DIR 600L router work with that? Thank you.
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3 Mbps DSL or 3 Mbps Fiber optic?
- Thread starter Abhisek_3
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- Oct 11, 2014
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The network speed will be only as fast as the slowest component.
One time purchase ($23) or per month?
You will need some sort of device to convert from fiber to electrical so the D-Link DIR 600L router can function within your network.
Specifications that I found do not show your router as having an optical/fiber input.
And very few ISP's really guarantee the advertised speeds. Fiber optic or otherwise.
Take a close look at their motivations and the fine print with respect to the offer being made.
If fiber truly brings a speed around 3 Mbps that you can benefit from via a resulting speed greater than 300-350 Kbps then yes you may end up with faster speeds and peformance.
So the issue becomes the necessary optical/electrical interface.
Ask a few more questions. See what your ISP will put into writing. Verify all costs to you.
One time purchase ($23) or per month?
You will need some sort of device to convert from fiber to electrical so the D-Link DIR 600L router can function within your network.
Specifications that I found do not show your router as having an optical/fiber input.
And very few ISP's really guarantee the advertised speeds. Fiber optic or otherwise.
Take a close look at their motivations and the fine print with respect to the offer being made.
If fiber truly brings a speed around 3 Mbps that you can benefit from via a resulting speed greater than 300-350 Kbps then yes you may end up with faster speeds and peformance.
So the issue becomes the necessary optical/electrical interface.
Ask a few more questions. See what your ISP will put into writing. Verify all costs to you.
elbert
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DSL generally runs on old copper wire to a switching station where its switched to the fiber optic backbone. Now understand the time it takes the signal to go down the street to the station it could have picked up some 20ms latency. When it hits the fiber optic then away it goes to another country is the same time. Basically the company is offering you the same bandwidth at a much lower latency. If your a gamer you know 20ms is important. If you just browse and watch netflix its not going to mean a whole lot to you.
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