GPON vs. GEPON

Fri Jan 8 19:42:41 UTC 2016

You are not the average user.
On Jan 8, 2016 1:39 PM, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> Only if the 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz networks are on the same SSID.
>
> I don’t do that… I maintain separate 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz SSIDs. This allows me
> to know
> which one I am on and force when desirable (usually forcing 5Ghz is
> desirable).
>
> Owen
>
> On Jan 8, 2016, at 11:03 , Josh Reynolds <josh at kyneticwifi.com> wrote:
>
> Customer devices will see the higher signal on the 2.4GHz AP and simply
> connect to that, especially as they roam through the house. Most don't pay
> attention to SNR at all.
> On Jan 8, 2016 12:53 PM, "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
>
>> I think that was Josh's point, that 5 GHz will likely deliver better RF
>> performance than 2.4 (despite physics) due to the amount of interference in
>> 2.4.
>>
>>
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>> *From: *"Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>
>> *To: *"Josh Reynolds" <josh at kyneticwifi.com>
>> *Cc: *"NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>, nanog-isp at mail.com
>> *Sent: *Friday, January 8, 2016 12:46:37 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: GPON vs. GEPON
>>
>> > Count in oversubscription rates for residential, and consider that most
>> > people, despite what they say or think, will end up on 2.4GHz wireless
>> in
>> > the home due to 5GHz sucking more than a room away - that ends up being
>> a
>> > very scalable solution for residential service.
>>
>> Um… 5GHz works a lot better from one end of my house to the other than
>> 2.4Ghz
>> due (in large part) to this fact… Almost every one of my neighbors is
>> using
>> various 2.4GHz devices including about 45 external SSIDs visible from the
>> center of my house using the on-board antenna of an ESP8266 board from
>> Adafruit.
>>
>> The noise floor and congestion on 2.4GHz in many urban settings,
>> especially here
>> in Silicon Valley makes 5Ghz a much better option in any home where
>> people are
>> smart enough to pay attention to the difference.
>>
>> OTOH, since the WiFi consortium took away the ability for consumers to
>> easily
>> differentiate (it’s all “n” or “ac” now regardless of frequency) and you
>> have
>> to really read the fine print on the side of the box to find a 5Ghz
>> capable
>> WAP at your local big box store, most consumers end up on 2.4Ghz because
>> those
>> are the least expensive routers on the shelf.
>>
>> Personally, I don’t mind this, but I think the 2.4Ghz prevalence has more
>> to do
>> with consumers not knowing what they are buying than it does with
>> performance.
>>
>> Owen
>>
>>
>>
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