Mid Century Fiber

Currently, with the global pandemic, internet access has proven to be a lifeline instead of a luxury. One positive thing that this pandemic has shown us is that even in such a developed country such as the U.S. we are still dealing with antiquated infrastructure technologies for internet service and communication. The internet provides critical links and websites to information that can work to keep our families safe and healthy during this global health issue. Not only does it provide us with the tools to stay safe, but it is important for many of our children’s online learning programs that are in place. Children with internet access that drops out or is not reliable can cause them to fall behind in their education path. It can also be very frustrating at times when doing things such as zoom for class and your connection is less than adequate causing frequent tiling, lost signal, and buffering. Many teachers in rural areas have been forced to teach remotely and without a solid and st...

Many people are often hesitant with changes such as with new technologies. Fiber optic internet is still considered a new type of network cable but has proved itself to be the fastest and most effective infrastructure currently offered by internet service providers. Many may wonder how new services such as low orbiting satellite internet companies will match-up to fiber optical cable to the home. The issue that always comes to mind when satellite internet is talked about is, latency. Satellite internet is plagued by terrible latency in many cases, and this is due to the distance between a home’s satellite dish receiver and the satellite orbiting earth. Some newer companies are trying to make low-orbiting satellites which should reduce latency but has not been fully tested and still will not bring about the speeds that are capable through fiber optics. Issues of slower speeds from satellite internet will remain because there is not a constant connection from the ISP to the customer as w...