As far as I know, all FTTx are converted to copper once they reach their destination. We could be years or decades away when that might change. Putting in dark fiber might make sense if it's a new construction, but it depends on how long you plan to be there. If you expect a provider to have fiber without a copper conversion, I don't see that happening anytime soon. It might make sense if you plan to have your own 4k/8k streaming inside your home, but that's a very small portion of the population. Cat 8 supports up to 40 gigabits, and cable and equipment will likely end up being cheaper and more mainstream than fiber.
I'm in Canada and the last 2 houses I've lived in had fiber right through the wall into the basement. My last one was direct connection and if I'd had an SFP port on my switch or firewall it could have plugged right in. Currently I have a modem that the fiber goes into but I don't know if there's any 802.1x going on or if I could plug it directly into my switch too.
I'm curious what your take is on the future of fiber with respect to PoE. A lot of devices around the house can now run on PoE (APs, small switches, cameras, doorbells, thermostats, etc), which means 1 cable for network and power at the same time. Fiber is a step backward from this perspective from what I can see.
You are correct in that copper Ethernet will always have a place in installations as fiber optic cannot transmit electricity. Of course you can always use fiber and then convert it to copper Ethernet that carries PoE at the end point devices but this increases complexity and costs, but there are some applications where this is a good idea (long distance runs to PoE devices, for example). Ultimately it comes down to choosing and using the right communications cable for the job so for the forseeable future all installations will be hybrid.
I'm going to be building a house (breaking ground in a couple weeks) and I have a building around 100-150' away. How easy/hard would it be for me to run my own fiber from the new house to the other building? Can I put connectors on the cable myself or would it be too expensive to acquire the tools and bits for a one-time use?
From all I've read on DIY cables, it's way better to just buy a cable longer than you need and coil it up at one end. What I'm curious about is if fiber needs a direct bury rating like copper for moisture resistance, or if it's naturally immune to the effects of moisture.
What the heck video are you watching at 10Gbit/s??!? Most 4k content these days is in the tens of megabytes per second max. The largest 4k movie I have is ~50 gigabytes on disk, and is ~2 hours long. I guarantee you I can copy that file to my nas over 1gbps in far less than 2 hours.
As far as I know, all FTTx are converted to copper once they reach their destination. We could be years or decades away when that might change. Putting in dark fiber might make sense if it's a new construction, but it depends on how long you plan to be there. If you expect a provider to have fiber without a copper conversion, I don't see that happening anytime soon. It might make sense if you plan to have your own 4k/8k streaming inside your home, but that's a very small portion of the population. Cat 8 supports up to 40 gigabits, and cable and equipment will likely end up being cheaper and more mainstream than fiber.
I'm in Canada and the last 2 houses I've lived in had fiber right through the wall into the basement. My last one was direct connection and if I'd had an SFP port on my switch or firewall it could have plugged right in. Currently I have a modem that the fiber goes into but I don't know if there's any 802.1x going on or if I could plug it directly into my switch too.
I'm curious what your take is on the future of fiber with respect to PoE. A lot of devices around the house can now run on PoE (APs, small switches, cameras, doorbells, thermostats, etc), which means 1 cable for network and power at the same time. Fiber is a step backward from this perspective from what I can see.
You are correct in that copper Ethernet will always have a place in installations as fiber optic cannot transmit electricity. Of course you can always use fiber and then convert it to copper Ethernet that carries PoE at the end point devices but this increases complexity and costs, but there are some applications where this is a good idea (long distance runs to PoE devices, for example). Ultimately it comes down to choosing and using the right communications cable for the job so for the forseeable future all installations will be hybrid.
I'm going to be building a house (breaking ground in a couple weeks) and I have a building around 100-150' away. How easy/hard would it be for me to run my own fiber from the new house to the other building? Can I put connectors on the cable myself or would it be too expensive to acquire the tools and bits for a one-time use?
From all I've read on DIY cables, it's way better to just buy a cable longer than you need and coil it up at one end.
What I'm curious about is if fiber needs a direct bury rating like copper for moisture resistance, or if it's naturally immune to the effects of moisture.
What the heck video are you watching at 10Gbit/s??!? Most 4k content these days is in the tens of megabytes per second max. The largest 4k movie I have is ~50 gigabytes on disk, and is ~2 hours long. I guarantee you I can copy that file to my nas over 1gbps in far less than 2 hours.