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Susan

Fiber vs cable internet

I moving to an area where I
can only get fiber or cable internet
I am very sensitive which would
be better. I will have it hard wired. Thank You!
Susan

Marc Martin

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Well. given all the reports of adverse reactions with fiber optics, I'd say go with cable internet, and purchase your own modem, as the modem they provide you will likely have wi-fi built into it.

Marc

Susan

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Thanks Marc! Can you please tell me the

Best modem to buy.

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Well. given all the reports of adverse reactions with fiber optics, I'd say go with cable internet, and purchase your own modem, as the modem they provide you will likely have wi-fi built into it.

Marc

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Susan

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Sometimes I do better with WIFI then

with hard wired. Can you tell me the

bet modems to buy for hard wired

or WIFI.

Thanks for your help.

Susan

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Thanks Marc! Can you please tell me the
Best modem to buy.

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Marc Martin

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> Thanks Marc! Can you please tell me the
> Best modem to buy.

Well, like all things "computer related", you have to get one that is compatible with your cable company. And then ideally, one that does not have wi-fi, or at least can be disabled and not unexpectedly turn itself back on. Also, if multiple things need to be connected to the internet, then you'd need some sort of router and maybe a switch as well.

So I guess before anyone can attempt to answer your question, we'd need to know (1) what cable company you have, (2) how many devices need to be connected to the internet at a time, and (3), if more than one device, are they in different rooms?

Marc

Karl

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Susan wrote

Sometimes I do better with WIFI then
with hard wired.

Sailplane and Casper have said the same thing, and I'm increasingly inclined to agree with them.

100 Megabit ("10/100") ethernet operates at about the same frequency as FM radio. Usually it has a lot of lower-frequency noise on the wires also (as does gigabit ethernet) and I've had almost no success shielding that.

You can buy an ethernet-to-fiber converter and use the fiber to connect all of your computers to the internet (regardless of whether you have a fiber or cable ISP). I can't tell you if it helps well because I haven't received my converter yet, but Sailplane and Casper both say that it's great.

(You can search Casper's posts for "media converter" to find out what model he has. If you buy one from AliExpress, it'll take a couple of weeks to get to North America - assuming that's where you're located. If you buy from eBay, look carefully at the shipping options and the seller's feedback. I made the mistake of buying from a seller that used "DGM SmartMail Ground" and never received the converter.)

Karl

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Karl wrote

You can buy an ethernet-to-fiber converter and use the fiber to connect all of your computers to the internet (regardless of whether you have a fiber or cable ISP).

(In this case, the only way that having a fiber modem would cause trouble is if you need to sit close to it, or if the electromagnetic contamination from it got into the wires in your walls through the power adapter. You could run the modem off of 12V batteries if that happened, or a 6V battery and a tiny device called a linear regulator in the unlikely event that it needs 5V power.)