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0:00:00 Cat 8 or Fiber Optics For Your Network?
0:00:30 Cat 8 Ethernet
0:01:00 Fiber Optic Cables
0:01:35 How To Use Fiber to Home Connection
0:01:45 How To Use Fiber Throughout Your Entire Network
0:02:00 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Speeds
0:02:55 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Range
0:03:36 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Installations
0:04:44 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Longevity & Repair
0:05:05 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Durability
0:06:10 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Security
0:06:26 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Price
0:07:04 Cat 8 Versus Fiber Future-Proofing
0:07:25 Cat 8 or Fiber Optics?
0:07:56 Why Cat 7 Is Officially Dead!

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[UltimateTechHub]

To get the most out of your Multi-Gig Network you should choose the fastest cables possible. Cat 8 or Fiber Optics are the Top 2 choices for a blazing fast Network. This video explains the benefits of both cables and which one you should choose for your Home or Business Network. Make sure to check out our Best deals on both Cat 8 and Fiber Optic Cables! Love you guys! Peace.

[TheDrCarpy]

I'm a contractor with local telcos and have fiber run to all my high-traffic/usage areas in my home. Great video!

[terr]

Twenty years ago, my new home was run point to point with Cat 5E, RJ11 (telephone), and coaxial cable. This was in preparation for 1 Gb networking, wired telephone, and cable TV service. All of it worked very well.

Twenty years later, my just setup new home was run point to point with (a) primary runs (between low cost 2 port SFP port switches) with 10 Gb (at my distances, actually 100 Gb) multimode fiber (den, living room, and master bedroom) and (b) Cat 8 from these switches (all 8 port RJ 45) to secondary rooms. The switches' SFPs are limited to 10 Gb, and the RJ 45 ports are 2.5 Gb. However, the goal was... in another decade or two... the switches are replaced, but the wires are still good.

However, crystal ball (20 years from now, though)... none of this will matter. Except for backbone runs, almost all devices will likely be WiFi only by this time. WiFi 6/6E maxes at 10 Gb/s, WiFi 7 at 46 Gb/s, and WiFi 8 is proposed to be at 100 Gb/s. Of course, these are maximums that are never reached, but for the residential and (most) small and medium sized office spaces... even 25% of WiFi 8's throughput (25 Gb/s) will work perfectly. And, this doesn't even include WiFi 9 or 10's improvements.

We are quickly heading to a time of "WiFi only, except for the utility's connection to the building itself." And, worse than this, "why have a wired connection to the utility's customer at all... just give them cellular (wireless)."

[WilliamAPBodie]

I think fiber is the future. because it's faster and lighter. saves alot of cobber/metal.
Thank you very much for the video (not the back ground music). 😀

[noname-lpmu]

I think one of the major problems is we are at a point where we having a bit of a technology revolution, fiber compatible devices are not that common (at least where i live), so you will end up with mixed tech until they become more mainstream, that being said, a switch with a fiber backbone would be a great way of future proofing and due to fibers bandwidth you could use a single cable to each room you need a connection for so reduced clutter (well in the roof and wall, also you won’t get EMI from power cables), for now i guess the people who would benefit the most would be people who do large file transfers etc usually via NAS but eventually ISP’s are going to push higher speeds i know my country is going to start trialling 2.5gig up to 10gig in 2025 (i think they are pushing to make 50mb/s a minimum speed i can’t confirm as i can’t remember where i saw that), i remember something about them doing a trial of 40gig in about 2017 or so as they were testing different fiber termination boxes.

[kevinoconnor]

Did you ever make an installation video of your fibre install? I don't remember seeing one. Fibre all day but yes as you stated its a costly exercise from an equipment standpoint.

[travellerseko]

Hi m8,
I’m about to buy Cat8 cables but there are Cat8.1 and Cat8.2 on the website I’m gonna buy cables. No idea the difference. Never seen this difference before.

[finanyemane]

I got this recommended to me. This is golden content, thanks for the high quality and valuable content.

[mckenziesmall]

You should also mention how hot 10gb speed over Ethernet can get hot at the connection point. Really hot

[xmen]

and you didn't even mention the electrical insulation property of fiber vs cat8, and the beneficial usage of PoE -_-

[Henry_Jones]

Extreme overkill. Youre only as fast as your shortest link. Thats ur isp. Cat6 is rated 10g up to 165' which is longer than any house run. Fiber is for distance over speed. You only need fiber for runs over 300'. Below that cat6 is all you need.

[Layarion]

6:01 "since it's light, it's completely immune to EMI"...wait...EMI, the data going through CAT8, and light: are made of the same thing though! explain!

[marx]

Cat 6 cables don't last 10 years??? 🤔

[cableapostle]

I'll choose cat6. Lol. Cat6 in a home is good enough for your home networking.