Call before you dig

[WinterDeere]

You can't get anything useful for a residence with 10G, either. A friend was a VP at Amazon, and was upset his new apartment LAN was only 2.5Gb/s until I asked him how many mouse-clicks/second that was. He shut up.

We'll need 16K/3D television before you need that capacity. It's like buying some 500HP tractor to plow the driveway in Florida.

The push for higher data rates seems to have gone from legitimate necessity, to just a way to keep the machine that is Verizon growing. It’s very rare for anyone with a connection that’s reliably 400 Mb/s to have any issues, even with several users in the household all streaming, unless every last one is looking for 4K at the same time. After all, most are streaming thru WiFi, and limited to 25 - 50 Mbps, unless closely-tethered to a router.

I was a design engineer on some of the early 2.5 and 10 Gbps fiber transmitters and transponders, used by the long-haul carriers (AT&T, Sprint, etc.), and those were handling 100’s or 1000’s of users, albeit half those users were on modems or DSL lines.

 

[LittleBill21]

The push for higher data rates seems to have gone from legitimate necessity, to just a way to keep the machine that is Verizon growing. It’s very rare for anyone with a connection that’s reliably 400 Mb/s to have any issues, even with several users in the household all streaming, unless every last one is looking for 4K at the same time. After all, most are streaming thru WiFi, and limited to 25 - 50 Mbps, unless closely-tethered to a router.

I was a design engineer on some of the early 2.5 and 10 Gbps fiber transmitters and transponders, used by the long-haul carriers (AT&T, Sprint, etc.), and those were handling 100’s or 1000’s of users, albeit half those users were on modems or DSL lines.

normal 4k from netflix etc is barely 25-30mbit, gigabit for home use is a total waste of money, 10g is literally a joke, you will never saturate, a lot of business don't even have that for a isp connection

maybe 20 + watching 4k might start to get close to 400mbit

 

[ultrarunner]

I have a 50 Mbps ATT service for the hospital VoIP, two 65” lobby monitors and connection for 2 microscopes and a few legacy computers.

For 25 years prior to VoIP I ran the hospital on DSL… maybe being across the street from the Central Office made it work?

Remember the state highway a rainbow of colors in prep for fiber going in…

Call before you dig was very busy and major infrastructure intersects at the state highway.

 

[Up to the Axles]

The push for higher data rates seems to have gone from legitimate necessity, to just a way to keep the machine that is Verizon growing.

I compare it to 1980's Radios Hack stereo amp ads:

250 watts of stereo POWER

Sure, with both channels in parallel, at 10% thd, for 3.5mS....

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

And we are officially way off topic.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Surely somebody has already suggested an inexpensive Pipe Finder.

So far mine's been more accurate than what the power company has managed.

 

[Drstrangeglove]

Surely somebody has already suggested an inexpensive Pipe Finder.

So far mine's been more accurate than what the power company has managed.

A lot of cable locating is the experience of the locator. With so many dead copper lines in the ground, it is more voodoo than science. I have a guy, when he puts a mark on the ground, it's where the cable is. He has been with us for 30 years. He might sacrifice a chicken before he locates.

 

[Jstpssng]

He might sacrifice a chicken before he locates

I may have to try that.

 

[bcp]

Anyone have a utility using this?

Ground-penetrating radar - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bruce

 

[Drstrangeglove]

Anyone have a utility using this?

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Ground-penetrating radar - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bruce

Yes, the state water water board used one. If you use gps and have a laptop, or take it back to the office to process, it possibly can work. I have never seen one do this. I have seen the real time version and it's show a disturbance the the soil. Is it a pipe, cable or body or a tree root? No one will know.