Re: [tlug] NTT Hikari Fiber - Does it "Just Work" with Linux (Kubuntu)?

["emiddleton@example.com" <emiddleton@example.com>]

Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
> emiddleton@example.com さんは書きました:
>   
>>  When I was getting fiber
>> installed the technician said I would probably have been better with
>> ADSL because I was very close to the nearest station 
>>     
> Funny :D. Technically what he was saying is wrong. The speed of your
> Internet does not depend of the physical distance from his house to the
> nearest station.
>   

With ADSL it does.  ADSL is very sensitive to noise on the line.  So the
actual throughput drops a lot the further you are from the nearest station.

Edward