How does fiber internet work? 0ms ping!

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Fiber internet is the new cool thing in the tech world, but it can get confusing because from country-to-country (even company-to-company), definitions vary. On this episode of Snazzy Labs, we install fiber internet and explain what FTTX means, the difference between AON and PON optical networks, and why Active Ethernet is going to be an awesome solution for us. How to get faster internet? How to get lower ping time? This is how. Gigabit speeds and sub-1ms ping time to the rescue!

[@snazzy]

This video was 14GB and uploaded in about 5 minutes. I can get used to this...

[@EspHack]

and yet the output here is not even 2gb at "4k" youtube should stop labelling quality like this, just show a bitrate slider, their 720p looks like 360p, a 1080p bluray or phone recording looks like youtube's 4k, its a worthless measure of quality at this point

[@AndrewMellor-darkphoton]

hi

[@Gluodin]

Kind of like what we’ve had in Korea for some years already

[@k033as9]

It is nice to have a 1Tbps connection, it is a very good 5 people and video uploads. Time is Money for some people. Stay Snazzy.

[@Deses]

First thing I did when I got FTTH was open Steam and see the games update in seconds. A 40 Gb game downloaded in about 12 minutes. I went from 3 Mbps straight to 1000 Mbps... I was in disbelief. So beautiful.

[@heyjustj]

Bending the cable was pretty crazy! I think the zeros get through fine because they are round but the ones probably get stuck in the sharp bend.

[@snazzy]

😂

[@Blox117]

yeah this guy is obviously a fiber shill, fiber is complete trash. i can no longer strangle people with the cable and watch 8k video on youtube at the same time. unsubbed

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Good joke, LOL.

[@davidjohansson1416]

As we all know a zero is worthless anyhow, so i don’t see how that helps.

[@sushimshah2896]

Well the waves could squeeze through I guess

[@utubekullanicisi]

When your ping is so good you're bottlenecked by the servers of the game company

[@snazzy]

😎

[@julian5857]

Rockstar games login servers

[@aditjindal]

I was supposed to be writing that😤😤

[@FlaxTheSeedOne]

Honestly that point comes in sooner. I have 10ms via coax fiber combo to google cloudflair and many other services/speed test. My best performing game is at 20ms about 400km away in a data center Soo yea the limit of gameservers comes in at about 20ms. MW for example is dogshit can't get better than 30-40ms and even have packetloss sometimes which is stupid.

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Eric Zauche It really depends how well the ISP peers with the rest of the world too :P it really in the REAL HARD networking rather than the tiny networking we learn or we usually know. Ping is really complex and the way the traffic is “routed” (BGP, AnyCast. DNS....etc)around the world is so interesting, yet so hard to catch up how those things work so accurately to deliver our text message from one place to other...

[@wrathcaster2555]

"Internet service providers don't typically give life, they suck it". The most truest sentence on the internet

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Just yesterday I was reading some reviews on a certain ISP in my area and one of the customers said that dealing with ISPs as a life sucking experience. Pretty sad that the entire industry has such a poor image. Maybe they should work on that.

[@drinkingexpiredmilkat3am174]

@@Joe-mz6dc Joe

[@anthonypolsinelli1179]

@@Joe-mz6dc WISPs are really trying. The problem is they can't compete speed wise. We can provide about 100mb to our wide area coverage(about 10 miles)

[@p.o.p.e]

he earned my sub with that

[@deepspacecow2644]

@@anthonypolsinelli1179 Why not try ftth?

[@alexmeyer8133]

Going from 50mb/20mb to fiber is such a massive upgrade! Congrats! I live stream games and work in tech and the first thing I did when I was established on twitch was pay for fiber. I went from living in Wisconsin with 40 - 60ping in most games I play, to 0 - 5ms at all times. It's amazing.

[@Ryan-si2zb]

40ping is pretty good

[@Krypterium]

wow!

[@dannyluelee]

Which provider do you have?

[@bhud98]

As a certified fiber installer/network admin, watching you bend that cable took years off my life. Kids, don’t go bending your cable just for fun. Eventually the stress WILL kill it!

[@fieldparsons2287]

Branton Hudson and the fact he used such a long one! Like, if you’re going to destroy a cable, use a small one 🥴

[@thomeralgo]

And wasn't he first using a multimode fiber cable from the media converter to the udm pro and then put a singlemode fiber in it to bend test it? I was literally shocked and wondering why he got a network connection to his pc... Furthermore, didn't he put the singlemode fiber into the WAN port on the udm pro? What the hell is going on here?😂

[@Calvin420GetRektM8]

@@fieldparsons2287 maybe its somewhat broken already... or not suited for any purpose anymore... because what ever reason... there are reasons... for example when using this in an POP(Point of Presence) for the exchange to the Dark-Fiber you definitively want to use a new one... because that dark-fibers are expensive... and if your part fails... youre busted, because your Darkfiber provider will not do anything for you, beside saying.... get your fibers fixed LoL.

[@mr.needmoremhz4148]

good BIMMF cable probably

[@freestylecentral6599]

It’s a god damn cable who gives a frick

[@ChildAnnihliator46]

Snazzy labs: we have epic 300tb server Linus: *hold my data*

[@quackatit]

@Inderpreet Singh personal opinions

[@imjonathan6745]

Do you guys literally just comparing linus to this guy?? I see a lot like you in this comment section

[@ChildAnnihliator46]

@@imjonathan6745 its a joke because linus has a server with over a petabyte, so people make jokes when someone says "check out my new server"

[@richardsmithers5868]

When putting extreme bends in fiber optic cable, even if the connection is still working, it lowers the maximum (optimal) speed at which the data can transfer. So if your cable is rated to work at speeds of 10Gbps, extreme bend would probably lower the maximum speed possible, increase errors, and probably introduce latency. Those are some awesome statistics when testing your connection!!! 👍

[@vanforsman]

As a an ex-fiber tech of a couple of years, I loved seeing this video Quinn! Couple things! Gigabit is not crazy. I know thats hard for 99% of you, I had dial-up until highschool, 2009. I know. At my job, our PON was running 1Gb down, 250Mb up residential and business 500Mb up, with availability for 10G when we began installing in 2018 from day one. Base price was $99/mo plus install. When you bent that cable your service didn't slow down, it actually quit. Since the signal is optical-digital it's on or off. The cable might have broke too, I'd definitely not use it and I'm sure you won't. It worked afterwards because it's going a short distance and the break doesn't actually stop the signal dead. the cracks are like the surface of water, light can go through but the signal integrity is diminished. Put a VFL (visual fault locator) laser tester on it and that spot will always glow, but more when bent (light escaping the buffer tube). Again, very cool video Quinn!

[@TrippyRexTech]

In my country, for $99/month will only get you 100-200Mbps and that's only available if you live in big city centers/urban areas. They have a FUP(*Fair* Usage Policy) which will throttle your internet speed once you've reached a limit. The worst part is that I've seen so many reports about the biggest ISP here that is run by the government(which never be a good thing) cutting down their customers' FUP limit without even noticing. It sucks for people that that is the only ISP available for them and they have to stick with it. I hope that there will be more genuine private ISPs. I've been jealous of people in the US can get great internet for reasonable money

[@Gren4te]

Trippy Rex wel. The US isn’t even that great when it comes to internet. Yeah it might be cheap, but net neutrality is a big issue there. Also. Countries like japan en Norway are having way faster networks. Netherlands as well. I can get a 10gbit FttH connection for ~$85 a month.

[@Bixmy]

@@TrippyRexTech how does 1 gigabit for 30 usd sound like

[@DozIT]

Trippy Rex in Canada (Ottawa specifically) I’m paying $112 with tax for gigabit (1 gb down/200 mb up) via coax. FTTH is the same price but they haven’t sent a tech out yet

[@Pasi123]

Here in Finland I could get 1Gbps/1Gbps for 55€/month ($62.58). I live out of nowhere so I don't know what kind of prices bigger cities have

[@VedantApps]

"Internet service providers don't typically give life, they suck it" 😂😂

[@idkilham]

0:46 the "This" sounded exactly like Doug DeMuro's "This." Who agrees?

[@JeffRabbit]

He also looks like Doug DeMuro

[@idkilham]

@@JeffRabbit ikr 😂😂

[@gatewaysolo104]

Give it a doug score

[@ChubbyDuckss]

I swear dude I thought I was alone !!

[@PhilSmith71]

Me too!🤣

[@teroblepuns]

"Internet Service Providers don't typically give life, they suck it" 1:05 😂

[@EduardoEscarez]

I live in downtown Valparaíso (Chile) and we had until some weeks only ADSL (Movistar) that "worked" between 8mbps when the line was good to 2mbps with constant cuts when the line was bad, with 0.5mbps upload. So some weeks ago I was concerned because of another lockdown, so I convinced my family to swith to other ISP (VTR) with HFC 300mbps download but 7.7mbps upload, hoping one day Movistar can provide FFTH in my neighborhood (suspended since 2019 without day of restart due to some local problems and the pandemic 😭). But at the end it's worth more to have a HFC in hand than a hundred FTTH flying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@DamienDae]

The one thing I remember after watching this video: Microsoft Edge is available for the Mac.

[@puppetmaster634]

Same

[@myselfshubhamrana]

I am at 7:00 and all I remember is that his ISP dug a hole outside which has some cables going to people's houses.

[@lolboicam1711]

And it's really good.

[@TJPactronix]

The new Edge is awesome. Try it

[@wabicoredesu]

@@TJPactronix i have it

[@dcf8978]

Him: _Uploads 14GB File in 5 mins_ "I could get used to this" Me: _Uploads 0.5GB File in 6 days_ "Dangit, the phone bill is gonna be huge this month"

[@natureportal9285]

Well technically that only take a day 56k dial up

[@bigmaxcc]

ElectricLampVideos 🤣 500up and 800down best

[@Blueyzachary]

@@natureportal9285 What if it's not 56K dial-up??? cough..cough... 32bps....cough..

[@MarianKeller]

@@natureportal9285 "56K" is actually a bad euphemism with most dial up connections. I would've been excited if it would even reach half of that...

[@natureportal9285]

@@Blueyzachary true

[@GetFluxed]

Have to say the fibre durability test was a fantastic unexpected gem. Thanks!

[@CognizantPotato]

Him: _Gigabit Internet_ Me: *Laughs in DSL*

[@Nico105_]

Laughs in SIM Card Router

[@George-bj5wr]

@@Nico105_ THIS IS ME

[@George-bj5wr]

@@Nico105_ (You mean a 4G router (LTE router for you americans)

[@bingkoirekt5057]

Lol my upload is 0.2 mbps It's so slow it's annoying

[@pzamani8023]

Vdsl speed is actually good! 50 Mbps download 25 Mbps upload

[@peegee101]

"Internet providers generally dont give life, they generally suck it." Thats an awesome T-shirt right there

[@xxdigbyzzxYT]

i get 2mbps down and 20mbps up it makes 0 sense

[@wiziek]

Well you can disconnect from internet and don't let your internet provider to continue sucking from you :).

[@jaykaith1985]

And in the next video, he’s going to visit the ISP 😂

[@Calvin420GetRektM8]

Welll... I suck the Internet... 1G Symetrical at my Server-Side unlimited Datacap blasting out there all the time, welll....

[@Mu3azOsman]

*cries in 3rd world internet speed while watching the video in 480p*

[@Raymondae]

my guy stole the words outta my mouth

[@darshan5726]

3rd class. not 3rd world. 3rd world are non aligned countries, that includes some europian countries that have high internet speed.

[@kartiktiwari5559]

*laughing in 4k*

[@amiyak]

Watching in 360p ;(

[@LateClick]

Half the time I'm watching in 144p

[@DavidQuinn101]

Awesome video, I shared this with a new colleague to help understand basic networking. At my office (Evolving Networks Limited) here in the UK, we have a total of 4.4Gbps upload and download usable in our office. We aggregate multiple IPS connections together to form a single useable broadband connection in sync with our core SD-WAN network and provide the same service to all of our customer depending on availability in their area. For example in my home right now, I have 2 FTTC connections that present RJ11, those cables connect into a single 'EVX' via an SFP VDSL2 modem that aggregate the two 55/10 connection speeds to a total of 108mbps download (there is 2mbps taken for overheads) and 19mbps upload (2mbps for overheads). Each broadband link is with a different ISP, so if one network were to fail, my connection still carries on without even noticing a drop in a VoIP call, so we provide not only a massive boost in speeds but also resilience. The SD-WAN side of our services in a WHOLE other subject. The single device I'm using also has an integrated 4G SIM with modem so if both links were to fail, the 4G kicks in and tunnels to our core network, keeping me connected with the same public WAN IP. The device also does 802.11ac and I'll soon be upgrading that to ax once my supplier can provide me with a large batch of the Wi-Fi modems.

[@HerbieFollin]

I'm getting 1 gig internet at my house this week. Very excited for it. I'm not sure if I */need/* it, but I wanted to try it out and possibly switch to a lower speed later on.

[@jamesnicholls9969]

Snazzy Labs:"we have gigabit internet" Linus at L.M.G.:"hold my beer" proceeds to show 10 gigabit internet speed

[@bigmaxcc]

James Nicholls nasa: I beat you all

[@RandomUser2401]

basically every household in Europe has Gigabit Internet for a few years already.. yawn..

[@doricorder6173]

@@RandomUser2401 Lol!

[@big12boylp]

90suffix where are you living? No we are not even close to that goal! I‘ve 200/50 via LTE and I‘m faster than 99% off all of Austria! (Based on speedtest.net) And based on friends living in Germany for example, they hav 16/1 as a maximum (the whole town has this BTW)

[@trueguy9847]

@@RandomUser2401 wtf

[@vyomsingh2836]

Take a shot every time he says, “fiber”

[@jackmaclay7403]

oof

[@ksam2000]

“I am dead”

[@NateSmith]

Or "bananas"

[@hamzah.t07]

I'm a RIP. Deadness in my life has happened

[@longhairddingus6970]

hangover time

[@Soul_Reaper]

I’m not even doing anything with Fiber, yet I watched the video. I could watch more, love how you explain the smaller details that normally get left out by others.

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

I've been using Verizon Fios for several years now and I love. A couple years ago I upgraded to their FiOS Quantum 1Gbps tier. The speeds are symmetric. I don't regret it for an instance. It's so much more reliable than the Optimum Online I had previously. The fiber line actually goes all the way into my apartment to this big box on my wall. From there it goes to my router via a coax cable. This box on my wall is plugged into a power outlet, too.

[@mikediezel0923]

Linus with his stadium grade router: well that's cute

[@shivamsingh520]

a gig or 10gbps i dont think there's much diff if i get to use both of em' coz rn i use 100mbps lol

[@lolspc]

The in Australia 15Mbps if fast

[@4rch.]

@shivam singh how and why

[@davidc2072]

Linus needs to compensate.

[@MohitSharma1993]

@@lolspc That's sad, even we got 100 Mbps in India for like $10-$12/month. Australia's internet situation is sad indeed.

[@nolanrembert189]

I just watched a twenty minute video about an internet connections and enjoyed every second of it! Keep up the good work Quinn!

[@maxieatsnoodles]

wdym Quinn??? u mean he's not called snazzy?

[@nolanrembert189]

Maxwell DV His real name is Quinn Nelson

[@thingies4U]

Test your ping using PING in the command line if you want "real-world" results. I think the major internet providers detect SpeedTest and somehow skew the results. Also change the test server to one you know is definitely part of a competing network. You'll see ping increase (though not necessarily by much).

[@JaredBell58]

Getting fiber internet installed today at home and I had to watch this to get HYPED!

[@MoneyIVI]

"we were stuck with some crappy around 50mb/s down and 25mb/s up" Me with 2mb/s dsl internet: -_-

[@alexn8219]

You dont know what real slowness is, i'm over here with 500kb/s and on good days maybe 1mb/s

[@MoneyIVI]

alexn310 that’s certainly bad but I think we can agree we both have crappy internet.

[@mataskart9894]

50 mb/s is 400 mbit/s- almost half of gigabit, and definitely fiber at that point, I think you meant 50 mbit/s .__.

[@landshark1365]

Matas Kart i don’t think you read his comment fully...

[@Tupsuu]

@@mataskart9894 50 Mb/s = 50 Mbit/s. 50 MB/s = 400 Mb/s = 400 Mbit/s

[@anshulsingh7663]

Me: sees him bending the fiber My fiber: Don't even think about it

[@budsak7771]

I'm not sure if he's really surprised or not about bending the cord messing up the signal lol

[@AndreasDelleske]

I cringed hard :)

[@Joepiano06]

“50mbps up is slow” me: cry’s in 12kbps

[@tigerroar6071]

Thank You Snazzy Labs, For this awesome informative and Educational video. I am waiting for the isp tour. I have always wondered how these things works. Thanks again.

[@snazzy]

Thanks!! Coming soon.

[@TechWithBrett]

Did you buy the Juniper modem? My install had a DZS and I don't have a fiber out.

[@snazzy]

Nah, they provided it.

[@snazzy]

Granted, I’ve been told that’s only for business customers.

[@TechWithBrett]

@@snazzy Ahhh, maybe I should have signed up as a business customer. Did you pay for it or are you just doing the monthly fee?

[@zen608]

@@TechWithBrett lol you got left on read

[@tonyravioli1982]

@@zen608 So did you.

[@canyoudig_it]

I'm certified in professional fiber installation, it all depends on the quality of what you get. The stuff we used in the past could be tied in a knot and would barely add any impedance. Fiber is really freaking cool.

[@lazamair]

Yeah it is, I run fiber in a data center, and I’ve lost count how many times I’ve had multi mode and single mode fiber knot up during installation and had no issues... though single mode fiber’s tolerance is vastly lower than multi mode

[@erebostd]

My copper cable does the same and more, and for the end user it doesn't make a difference. Yeah, fiber is cool, but on the last mile there's nearly no difference. Both signals travel with light speed, both signals can easily transport 10 GBit at the moment. Copper will be overtaken in the end, but for the end user there's much, MUCH headroom with it..

[@wiziek]

Fiber have end radius, you aren't supposed to bend it in half life that.

[@canyoudig_it]

@@wiziek that's why I said it depends on the quality of the fiber. The stuff ATT runs to your house, don't bend it. The Kevlar protected fiber trunk ran through a community of town homes you could use as a jump rope (not recommended) and you wouldn't see a drop of performance.

[@DanielOlaiDanielsen]

@@erebostd depends on the application. I'm running fiber at home because copper won't work with either the electrical noise (many meters in a narrow channel next to 400V power lines) or fire safety code (no low voltage signal cables next to high voltage power cables). Copper is certainly not dead but it does start to run into some limitations at speeds and distances we didn't typically see in homes in the past.

[@jeroeniemans]

nice vid!! i stumbled accros this vid with your 11000 mac vs pc. Im getting myself 1000/1000 as well and this vid is excellent to adjust expectations. it was no boring at all from start to end

[@marcusaurelius7438]

I really enjoyed your geeking out, I'm getting 1,000 mbps fibre installed next week (currently have 2mbps) and now I feel better about being so excited.

[@itsgumpy2068]

How did it end up turning out .?

[@russtycrussty7884]

Google fiber is actually 100 Mbps. Thats the max I get on any device. All the videos are lying to you.

[@UnderEu]

Network Infrastructure videos: my favorite ones 🤓

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Heh :P you seem like you are in the Networking field :P

[@UnderEu]

@@beedslolkuntus2070 But I am - well, not 100% ATM but I've been getting some projects to deploy 🤓

[@HugoStMichel]

We get download speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps up north here in Canada with Bell Fiber.

[@avimakkar]

I get 1Gbps with Telus

[@JamesSSWayne]

How much CAD cost?

[@frankylezard719]

@@JamesSSWayne around 120$ CAD per month for 1.5 Gbps and less for 500 Mbps both side

[@avimakkar]

@@JamesSSWayne I am paying 85 a Month with telus

[@easyluckable]

Avi Makkar that’s actually pretty good. I got 300Mbps for $50 with Shaw. Not fibre.

[@DanielSRosehill]

Amazing video. Thanks for all the great info!

[@sahil_tayade]

This channel reminds me of when i used to watch linus tech tips!

[@dajlanaj4071]

Wow, I am into the network topic since several years and you literally explained stuff so well, before that you normally had to look up several articles & videos to get the knowledge delivered by your video, well done 👍

[@dajlanaj4071]

@Fredd Colour Green Not really

[@chrisc5094]

snazzy labs: 1 Gbps internet meanwhile me: internet that barely hits 1.5 Mbps

[@post-leftluddite]

Rural American? I feel you, my cousin in NH only has 1.5Mbps DSL, in fact it's been so bad, the town took it upon themselves and are building their own broadband infrastructure to lease out, so in about a year, my cousin will probably have Gigabit for $40/month, wherever municipalities build their own networks, the internet is extremely fast and affordable

[@mateojoseguerra8485]

We have 3mbps in my house BUT it is shared with 9 people

[@59fiftycap]

Mateo José Guerra you’re mexican, huh?

[@cristianmarint]

@@post-leftluddite wow that's really nice!!😶

[@typingcat]

@@59fiftycap ICE is heading right to his house now.

[@bipolartorecovery1485]

Thanks for making a section from my network+ exam more relatable. I just got burned out from notes and flash cards. Nice to see it being put to real life use

[@testerretest4313]

00:46 THIS..... Doug DeMuro Confirmed

[@suhdude9775]

In Stockholm, Sweden. You can get 10gbit in some residential homes, for ~$50/month. The isp is “Bahnhof”

[@MegaDrummer112]

SUH DUDE looks like I gotta move. Do people speak English there?

[@MegaDrummer112]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE THEYRE ROUTING ALL THEIR TRAFFIC THROUGH VPNS FOR SECURITY AND STILL PROVIDE THESE SPEEDS

[@suhdude9775]

@@MegaDrummer112 yes, about 87% or something speaks English lol

[@aquillazaga615]

Laughs in $50 10 MBPS dsl

[@mataskart9894]

@@MegaDrummer112 Lithuania's decent too, not 10 gbit, though I'm sure you'd find someone to provide it, but gigabit is only 20 euro a month and is pretty common. The isp is "Telia"

[@ToreOnYouTube]

Always interresting to see how different internet is around the globe. I know USA is a pretty huge contry, but I still find it incredible how many are stuck on so slow speeds.

[@cjadventures8840]

Yeah

[@sirprofit9257]

I don’t know how I ended up here but very interesting and valuable information. Thank you!

[@GauraangArora]

0:45 I was just reminded of Doug DeMuro.

[@tealc6218]

I want to know the quirks and features of that 1994 conduit box.

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

this is....

[@bharathg8072]

When you bent that cable one of two things might've happened. one. the light might've been blocked because TIR (total internal reflection doesn't occur at extreme angles, or two the bend caused a slight crack in the cable and when straightened out the light can pass through but not as well as it would've if it weren't bent.

[@johnbrantley4014]

"I'm no engineer" goes on to explain the engineering aspect of fiber internet.....

[@adamkosal3949]

Your channel is the best. Full professionalism.

[@snazzy]

Thanks!!

[@gavinscott-miller1553]

This was an awesome video for explaining in pretty good detail how fiber works for the layman. I work as a PM in construction management for electrical and network installations and the part where you demonstrate the strength of the fiber Is an incredible teaching tool Good work man!

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Congratulations Quinn and thank you for sharing your experience with the Fiber Cable. I wonder how often that bend can be done and still have the drive work well?

[@jhndk7915]

Such an interesting video!! I just moved out of my parents house and we live in the same street (middle of nowhere). They have cable, I got DSL because cable is way too expensive. They have 1 Gbps down, I sync at 100/40, but sinch I'm on a 'budget plan', I'm capped to 50/20. I pay €30 for a landline, TV and internet, they pay slightly more than double. I prefer DSL so much over cable, it feels just so much snappier + you don't share your connection with anyone. My ping times are usually 5 - 7 ms and jitter is always under 1 ms, often even under 0,1. My parent's (cable) ping times were always 11 - 16 and jitter was often around 5 ms, only dropping to 2,5 after the evening. To be fair, because we live in the middle of nowhere, the cable is shared with the entire neighborhood. In other area's, they usually run 2 or 3 cables. Since they get gigabit, I also noticed speeds drop from 960 Mbps to 840 worst case when the network's busy. When they had 200 Mbps, you could barely notice other people were using the cable. What's ridiculous though is upload. They only get 40 Mbps upload (probably because the cable company knows for stability reasons, the phone company doesn't allow more than 40 Mbps upload on DSL). That's insane. If I dropped TV, I'd have the same upload speeds for the price I'm paying now! I live in a country in Europe where they've been ridiculously slow to roll out fiber (mainly because DSL and cable are available to pretty much everyone and pretty decent, a lot of countries like France that had crappy networks decided to switch to fiber straight away instead of upgrading their existing networks). If I could get it, I'd get 500/100 for the same €30 from my current provider or €35 for 1000/1000 from another fiber network, but it'll take forever and especially in my street... 50 Mbps upload is currently the fastest I can get via a provider that offers internet and TV over LTE, but ping times are usually a little over 20 ms and it's just not as stable as a wired connection. Upload is getting so much more important than download. I know there are hardware limitations, but ISP's should get that. Edit: forgot to mention, I think in the Netherlands the phone company replaces copper pairs with individual fiber lines, which I'd prefer. In my country, it's gpon, though. It's also stupid that there's literally fiber running to the little cabinets from the cable and phone company in my street... like would it be so hard to run fiber from those things to people's houses? :p

[@gerryabbott]

Great in depth explanation

[@aidan7913]

You were pinging yourself at 17:19 lmao

[@renragged]

It kinda looks that way, but he wasn't. Try it yourself. I just did.

[@childvspuddle5280]

@@renragged he was pinging himself if you look at 15:55 under utopia on the it shows his ip and its the same ip that he was pining at 17:19

[@Boba0514]

that's his external IP, so it should be fine

[@SmokelessMeme]

@@renragged Yes, he did ping himself.

[@mymiiookee5526]

@@SmokelessMeme thats dosent matter, speedtest tell true ping. 0 ms

[@thomaslopez9588]

3:49 My man rocking Juniper gear?! That's nice enterprise gear.

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

I have been on fiber to the home for around 6 years and its great. A few months ago the ISP upgrade me to 1.5Gb down and 940mb up. The ping time is 1ms from my computer.

[@olimpather]

The uploading speed is insane!!

[@RaymondLo84]

12:00 that's a real BOTTLENECK

[@marcasrealaccount]

12:00 The reason why the internet didn't work with that bend, is because of how the photons inside the cable have to bounce more, making the signal weaker at the other end

[@SSJSuperVegetto]

I think the reason is that the bend is so high that the angle of the photons on to the surface is below the critical angle. Below this angle photons will pass and total internal reflection doesn't occur. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[@michaelbuzny1170]

@@SSJSuperVegetto more or less. Also wavelength plays a part as well. Narrow wave lengths can deal with more acute bends than wider wave lengths.

[@mohit_50]

@@SSJSuperVegetto Yup the critical angle and stuff

[@cbremer83]

I moved from MN to FL. Have gig fiber in both. I had CenturyLink in MN. My ping to cloudflair DNS server was around 7-10ms typically. Same equipment but on ATT fiber in FL, same server is around 23-25ms typically. Best I can tell, it has to do with the routing outside the home. Everything goes to Atlanta, GA from my home in western FL. In MN, the ISP endpoint was much closer. Based on trace route, that is the best I could come up with for why ping was so different. Not a huge deal. Most things in north america are still under 30ms as long as the internet as a whole is running smooth between me and the server.

[@characterK]

Outside plant fiber splicer here. ISPs, including mine, do bring fiber directly from CO/Headend or data center dedicated to a customer. Also, fiber click cleaners keep connectors clean and undamaged preventing bit errors.

[@dboy_]

Great video, I tried to see what kind of performance with that 8k video I could get on my 200mpbs network. Surprisingly, it loaded and buffered just as fast as the fiber connection. I think you were getting bottlenecked by something for a whole 800mbps LOL

[@michaeltb1358]

Fibre optic cables are made of 2 materials. The outer one has a different refractive index which causes light to reflect and travel in a zigzag along the fibre. If you bend it too tight you prevent the reflections continuing normally. The first examples were solid glass rods. They just got thinner.

[@dpjazzy15]

At Spectrum they call it hybrid fiber coax (HFC). The fiber hits the node and the node converts it to s radio signal on the 500 line. They have repeaters to extend that signal further.

[@sophiarodriguez1861]

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation!

[@Gytis.I]

Feels good to live in country where 1Gbit connection costs ~20€/month. It is so usual in Lithuania that it is rarely surprising someone. But the real problem is users routers. They imagine that they can get same speed on Wi-Fi in any apartment or 2 floors house.

[@ihavememesyouwannaseethem]

1 Gbps internet is great, I'm glad I have it!

[@typingcat]

Does anybody need that much porno?

[@BoutItInc]

kevlar strands surround the fiber in the cable, it helps with crazy bends but can still break . Also the bending of individual fiber help locate fiber when splicing in a case out doors.

[@AllThisThingsIHateU]

I am watching this with my mobile hotspot because I cannot afford any type of wired internet. Awesome video!

[@switzerland]

Meanwhile, me, just an IT guy in europe, having 10gbit/s home internet. Do I need it? No. Love it? Yes. My bottleneck is now my HDD...

[@DrivableJonatan]

Bahnhof?

[@Tim_2060]

I get that feeling too. My HDD and SSD is pinned at 100% if i Download something

[@samsunghandy]

Bruh this guy isn't living in Germany

[@Tim_2060]

@@samsunghandy I am xD

[@vitalis]

How did you get it and how much do you pay? Gosh

[@Amrit_SZN]

Here i am still with my 6mbs comnection great!

[@PodtrashRadio]

I switched to 1.5Gbit download and 1Gbit upload fiber internet about 5 years ago and never turned back. This feels like normal speed for me now and 10Gbit seems like a incremental upgrade. But honestly beyond 1Gbit isn't really utilized in most scenarios and 10Gbit would require more complicated equipment and 2.5Gbit ethernet ports on your devices to take advantage. But obviously in the future everything will start to use more and more of fiberoptic connections throughput. So 10Gbit is good future proof... but the great thing is you can simply wait until that day comes and your ISP can upgrade you to 10Gbit with a phone call.

[@LeftTechticle]

Lovely presentation

[@doom2125]

Damn I'm jealous. It's a shame people don't riot over our ISP's

[@MoneyIVI]

yeah alot of people arent educated on stuff like this to even know what theyre rioting about

[@Ladiesman-cd4nl]

@@MoneyIVI that doesnt stop blm

[@MoneyIVI]

Ladiesman217 nope

[@mataskart9894]

not many people care probably, only the younger generation, over here in Europe the situation seems to be better, at least in Lithuania with fiber being commodity...

[@LetrixAR]

when your internet was faster than a big tech youtuber connection

[@nusermane1076]

Please do a lot more of that Networking/Smarthome/Wifi/Server stuff 😍

[@FirstLast-jm4dx]

I upgraded the Internet connection to 1Gbps for my company a few years ago. First thing I did after going live was to see how many concurrent 4k streams it can handle. It's crazy to think home users can now get 5Gbps or even 10Gbps Internet for a fraction of the price.

[@UnderEu]

15:58 Nice, your public IPv4 address 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TheSlowpC]

Yep , wonder if he will be requesting a new one ;)

[@xNeFShARkx]

You mean his public IPv4 :D

[@snazzy]

This was intentional. We have a new IP now. No need to hide one that's no longer ours.

[@UnderEu]

@@xNeFShARkx Fixed!

[@UnderEu]

@@snazzy OK, then... Speaking of that: do you have IPv6 on it?

[@sammygamingchannel5833]

Damm 🔥 this vido was so funny spanking the old modem watever 😂😂😂⚡

[@alphaxion]

The DAC cable is also known as twin-ax. The majority are copper based but you can get fibre versions. For short cables they're much, much cheaper than fibre SFP modules, tho the QSFP DAC I needed for my Palo Alto 5220 was quoted by PA as being several thousand for a 10 metre cable - which was the only size they offered it in! Something people need to remember when it comes to SFPs and DACs is that many network equipment manufacturers won't support 3rd party modules and will either refuse to look at support tickets until you buy a 1st party module or will actually completely invalidate your warranty citing potential damage caused by the unsupported module. It's a lot of fun when you update the OS on your switch or firewall and find they've removed support for your 3rd party module. Regarding how much you can bend the cable before you lose signal, it's generally called the bend radius and is due to the fact that fibre is a small strand of glass and bending it attenuates the light to the point where none of it reaches the other side. Bend it too much/far and you're liable to snap the glass and lead to a lot of light leaking out of the cable. Interestingly the way the switch functions is that it records the light level as a power level (Rx and Tx) measured in milliamps and dBm. For your ping, it's not really representative to ping what is effectively your local network on the WAN side of your router as you'd expect that to be the shortest round trip time, especially if all you're pinging is your gateway address (which would be 1 hop). I would ping something like a server within your country but not on your ISP network to force it into making several hops, which you can see the latencies of each hop if you use the traceroute/tracert command to determine where your connection is getting the latency from. Keep in mind you get those sorta low latencies when you ping an IP on your internal subnet, usually represented in windows as "

[@raykellfoster8461]

@ 15:50 should be put on loop man ! LOVE the reaction!

[@himanshumahanta]

imagine if someone breaks/cut that fibre cable that's outside the building .

[@mataskart9894]

it's not that hard to imagine.. your internet would go out for a few hours...

[@oracle3366]

The cable company sends out a tech to repair it, just like what would happen with a broken copper cable. Fiber repair, while more complex than fixing copper, isn't as difficult as it sounds.

[@opiestanborough4774]

on a long weekend..... hmmmm, thx for that idea

[@bhupendersingh8777]

It generally happens in my area, competitors break the fiber optic cable of my ISP 🤣🤣,

[@TylerFurrison]

That would be illegal wouldn't it?

[@drummingdrumtech9642]

My AT&T fiber connection must think I’m a business cause my upload speed is always higher than my download. Sometimes by 200 Mb

[@mwwhatever]

really great explanations, thanks

[@omarcorrea]

Very educational. Good content Q

[@jamesbyronparker]

Been installing fiber for av distribution for years, that bending had me freaking out. It's glass inside there, and once it's broken it's broken, don't try this at home

[@RocketLR]

Watching this from Sweden... How can they have so much wiring exposed :'( It looks like a 3rd world countries power line network...

[@RandomUser2401]

yep this is Murica my friend, where they run single-phase 110V power lines through the air :( the infrastructure really is 3rd world.

[@Calvin420GetRektM8]

Well... same here in Germany hahaha. we also have all things in nearly every buildings basement... only very old houses do have DSL terminated near the height of the hipps...

[@dacid44]

Oof, you should’ve seen down the manhole cover in front of my house when USI installed our block’s fiber... oof, absolute rat’s nest down there.

[@WyattH]

They are insulated like wires it is fine

[@RocketLR]

ALL AROUND MTB i know they are insulated but that does not stop people or rats damaging them 🙄

[@akyuztaha]

I don’t understand half the things he’s saying but I still watch these videos

[@TheYtube77]

No one ever does this THANK YOU for showing the browsing speed!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@banreport8045]

Nobody: Literally Nobody: Me: *Laugh's at 3mbps*

[@omegachadrequiem3831]

Stares in 9 mbps useing ethernet

[@gaby_3637]

@@omegachadrequiem3831 laughs in 150 mbps

[@sonuboss4302]

me: Sad in 1mbps

[@mazegaze25]

Sonu Boss IFY

[@Duckssssssss]

@@gaby_3637 Laughs in 1.2 gbps WIRELESS

[@teaajay]

"How does fiber internet work?" very fast. thanks for watching!

[@kuyavenzinfovlog]

i love your video. just wanna ask if that cable is applicable for outdoor?

[@tuul100]

Yes, the fiber cable that you are using is a big diameter cable. In the other hand, when you have really thin fiber cable, its most likely to break because you bended it too much as seen on the video. Same goes for the copper cables, if you bent it too much the connection will be horribly slow or not even making it trough.

[@karanshah16]

I am from india and i have jio as my isp and JioFibre is excellent as i never experienced speed slowdown which is very common in india I have 300 mbps plan and i get avg. speeds of 295 mbps with avg ping of 11

[@MenacingPerson]

Same but ping is 4 and he's talking about across the world.

[@hatanokiripres]

Just checked the Jio website...What's that "Truly Unlimited" means? seems like kinda hidden policy or FUP?

[@LeBeautiful]

Snazzy come to my crib. I need this *delicious* SPEED.

[@AleemAhmed]

Great Explaination and demonstration 👍

[@serubin]

The switch on the unifi dream machine has a managed switch on it - it's not just managed because it's a router too. Since it does switching at layer 3 (routing) as well as standard traffic router, it's more than just a switch + router/firewall.

[@halo2030]

Thats cool to bad i was told by at&t i would get Fiber in 2019 and still dont have it.

[@obi-wankenobi5961]

i was told in 2017 I:

[@osckfv]

what about not having internet your whole life but getting fibre next week? that's me can't wait

[@ferni0]

osckear how are you writing this then?

[@halo2030]

@@ferni0 Not worth my time explaining to a dumb ass.

[@lagxlegend3113]

AusDaes it’s called a phone 📱 (cellular data)