I have fiber directly into my house. My PC is on the opposite end from the modem. This comment is a load of baloney
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Tilgare@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI don’t think “most” have fiber to the home, first of all. Cable companies in the US do multigig speeds via fiber to a relay and coax cable to the home. Fiber is great when it’s underground or in a data center and safe, but it is delicate and easy to break the cables so not a great home solution. Fiber terminations are difficult and more expensive. The power efficiency payoff on a 1m cable from your router to your pc is probably going to be measured decades, more if you factor in the higher cost of the cable.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
rbesfe@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Recognize that your situation is not like most people
Tilgare@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And your pc is connected by fiber directly to the modem? It sounds like not, which was the point of of the parent comment. But you can’t tell me that you think this is a normal and typical use case, to install PCI-E fiber optic network card.
Trollception@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My fiber is also directly to the box on the side of the house. There inside is a modem with an Ethernet port that connects to the panel in the garage. Every home in our county has fiber like this afaik
Tilgare@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah - I was pretty sure that was the case, but didn’t want to speak out of turn. So the data is entering the house on copper regardless.