Paul Bunyan Telephone coop connected my fiber cable Thursday afternoon. I now have the standard connection, and get 10 MB/sec upload and download. I have done a lot of measurements and I'm actually getting speeds of just over 12 MB up and down.
My previous service was 1.5 MB down and 1 MB up. That was the fastest I could buy since I'm just over 2 miles from the repeater.
I'm the last group to get connected, since I'm at the far end of their service area. They are the first in the nation to have 100% of customers on fiber to the door.
The final hook up took almost exactly four hours. It was bitterly cold. -9 F and the installer had to have frequent warm ups.
The result is spectacular. I have up loaded pictures and they upload in a flash.
It downloads large manuals on a flash also. Audio streaming is excellent.
I was wondering if others have the benefit of fiber to the home?
Here are pictures of what this connection to the PON looks like at my residence.
This pictures shows the fiber entry, ground, UPS and converter. The white box is the UPS, the gray one the converter.
Here is a close up of the new units.
It is nicely tied to the house ground.
The house ground is the other side of the wall, so very close. That is why I chose that location.
The house ground consists of three seven foot copper rods tied together.
This new installation has got rid of my last ground loop, and the rig is now silent at the seated position at full gain!
I will likely start a new thread, to get the benefit of the IT experts here on building a rack mounted computer for video/audio streaming, downloading and networking.