First of all what is fiber optic internet?

Fiber optic internet is a data connection carried by a cable filled with thin glass or plastic fibers. Data travels through them as beams of light pulsed in a pattern. Fiber optic internet speeds are about 20 times faster than regular cable and 100 times faster than DSL (what the vast majority of our community has now).

Why is Fiber better than DSL 

Because there’s no copper wire to gum up the works. Cable internet sends its signals down metal wires. The metal heats up, weakening the signal and picking up interference.

 How fiber optic internet works

Fiber optic internet works by splitting files like movies and games into data packets of zeroes and ones. A laser flashes this Morse code-type signal into one end of a plastic or glass filament. The “wire” is about as thick as one strand of human hair. A special sheath called a cladding keeps the beam of light inside the filament. It bounces off the cladding walls for as far as 60 miles and pops out the other end where a modem decodes the light into a form your computer can use.

 Why WBC believes fiber better than wireless broadband technologies (Satellite, Cell tower type connections)

 Simply put fiber is faster, more secure and more reliable than wireless broadband. It is less susceptible to interference by trees, building or weather.

What type of fiber connection is WBC offering?

There are three types of fiber optic cable internet, ranging from. Waldo Broadband is provided FTTH.

 •   FTTH or FTTP: “Fiber To The Home” or “Premises.” This is the fastest, most reliable fiber optic connection because the fibers come straight to your door.

•   FTTC: “Fiber to the Curb.” This gets the fiber to the utility pole outside your house, but uses coaxial cable from there. The short length of copper wire is a bottleneck

•   FTTN: “Fiber To The Node” or “Neighborhood.” The fiber optics get to within one mile of your house. A longer trip through metal wires makes this the slowest of the three options [2]

What are some of the advantages of a fiber optic internet:

Speed

Fiber will allows us to offer gigabit speeds

 Same speed for download and upload

Many internet providers have different speeds for download and upload, and upload speeds are a lot slower.  With WBC fiber optic internet speed, that slow upload time goes out the window. Because there’s no worry of overloading the system, fiber optic internet providers can give equal shrift to uploads and downloads alike. That makes it easier to share files and work from home with fiber optic cable internet service.

 Higher quality TV and Gaming

If you are family that streams a lot of TV and movies or games online our fiber connections will make you very happy.

Connecting with multiple devices

The consistent and reliable signal with less signal loss and 10great bandwidth means you can connect with multiple tablets, laptops and phones at once. Even with different people streaming music and video simultaneously, fiber optics can handle the load.

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