Plastic Fiber Could Make Optical Networking a DIY Project

An anonymous reader writes "A new European project using plastic fiber and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that installation could be a DIY job for even a non-technical person. The object of EU-funded POF-ALL project is to find a technical solution to the rising cost of taking optical fiber right into the home." A mere "few hundred metres" of 100mbps (since plastic is thus far dimmer than glass) would suffice to wire any home I'm likely to occupy.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Well, 100 millibits per second is several orders of magnitude slower than 1 gigabit per second regardless of what the physical medium is made of. The benefits must be something besides bandwidth.

Yet.. another petrol product..

[Anonymous Coward]

Where do you think plastic comes from? Yes start making fiber from plastic and watch the price of petrol skyrocket! Stupid idea.

Maybe tomorrow...

[telchine]

[quote]100mbps would suffice to wire any home I'm likely to occupy.[/quote]

Yes, and I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.

Also, 10 megabytes should be enough for anyone.

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[Alioth]

You obviously don't want to look directly into the port/termination

Well, not with your remaining eye, certainly!

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[Anonymous Coward]

all the cool lights would look really neat when I am trippin and sending data everywhere!

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[Hognoxious]

Does plastic (like ducks and very small stones) float?