We all rely on the internet. We use it to connect home security systems, work from home, order groceries, research school projects, video chat with family and friends, and much, much more.
The internet has rapidly become a backbone of society. Education, business, and healthcare increasingly rely on the internet for more than just communication.
Fiber is the first infrastructure created specifically for the internet. It’s fast, reliable, and has huge capacity for future growth. It doesn't change the way you access the internet, though. All your connected devices work the same as they ever did. Just faster and with way more bandwidth available to everyone in your home or business.
As technology evolves, we’ll need stronger and better internet. Fiber factors this growth in from the start. In the US, internet infrastructure lags far behind other parts of the world. Fiber is the great equalizer, the benefits of which are transformative for a community.
Copper communications networks were built for the latest innovation of the day, the telephone.
Fiber optic networks are built for the internet and will support our needs well into the future.
Historically, copper was used to wire homes to telecommunications networks, mostly for the use of telephones and cable TV. However, with the advent of the internet, copper’s time had come. Most of the internet today runs off of copper. Why? Well, because it’s there. But just because it's there doesn’t mean it’s the right infrastructure for the job.
With fiber, communications are delivered along optical glass strands in light pulses. These fiber strands are almost perfectly transparent and each one is only about the width of a human hair. A coating on each strand ensures “total internal reflection” so the light has nowhere to escape. Light is an extremely efficient method of sending data from point A to point B.
Compared to copper, where electrical signals are carried on bulky copper wiring, fiber makes for faster, clearer transmission. On a fiber connection, video chats are crystal-clear, uploading files to the cloud is a breeze and there’s no risk of anyone hogging the bandwidth. It’s a system made for the internet.
Fiber makes it to a street cabinet, often miles from its final destination. Homes are then connected with existing copper.
The best fiber there is. An end to end fiber from the network to your home or business. This is what Ting Internet offers!
With Ting Internet fiber, you can upload as fast as you download. Other providers might offer a decent download speed, but are often lacking when it comes to the upload part. Why is upload important? It lets you push to the internet as much as you pull from it. That means contributors and innovators can add files to the cloud and work more efficiently.
A wireless router, even when it’s wired to a fiber connection, is limited by its own, well, limitations. You’re going to get lower internet speeds on Wi-Fi depending on what your device is capable of. From physical barriers to signal degradation, Wi-Fi can be unpredictable. While wireless is great, the fastest connection comes from a direct, wired connection. So if you’re about to do a speed test, make sure you’re wired in.
Why is fiber to the home (FTTH) the best kind of fiber? It gets you a direct connection to the actual internet. Fiber is brand new tech for most neighborhoods and requires brand new infrastructure. While the backbone of America’s internet infrastructure is fiber, most towns, cities and metropolises get connected with old copper wiring, limiting our ability to use the internet to its full potential. FTTH brings the internet of the future right to your door and into your home or business.
Central Office: Where the optical signal gets distributed to a whole area.
Cabinet: A network terminal that serves a number of homes.
Router: That thing that makes hard wired Internet wireless.
Optical Network Terminal (ONT): Where fiber connects with an Ethernet cable.
Junction Box: An access hatch where fiber splits off to individual homes.
Streaming is better over a fiber optic cable. With a connection over Ting Internet, there will be no lag or interruption and no annoying buffering to deal with during a live game or show. With a strong Wi-Fi connection in your home, you can stream on multiple devices and never miss a second of the action.
Streaming TV now offers almost limitless options for watching local news, sports and channels without paying for cable (or a bunch of channels you never even watch). So now, with all the streaming options available, the most difficult part is... deciding what to watch.
Find out more at ting.com/tv
True gigabit internet, of the sort offered by Ting Internet, gives you up to 1000 Mbps upload and download speeds. By any account, that’s an impressive level of speed. So, why would the average home or business want fiber?
For the future of course. Fiber is purpose-built infrastructure for the internet. It recognises our evolving use of the internet and gives us the freedom, flexibility and choice to continue to grow.
Fiber helps us keep up on a global scale. It helps small businesses stay competitive and innovate for tomorrow. Every year, more Americans are telecommuting and working from home. They will need better internet.
Better internet isn’t a luxury for home-buyers, it’s a must. More and more, the appliances and services in our homes rely on the internet. Better internet makes smart homes run more smoothly.
The way businesses use the internet has changed rapidly in the last 20, 10 and even five years. Today, startups and tech incubators are doing more with the internet than ever before.
Fiber makes the internet more useful. Video calls are seamless and large files can be shared to the cloud in seconds.
Teams can create game changing products and experiences for customers, thereby making the internet a better place for everyone.
The availability of fiber draws new businesses to towns and creates jobs. Entrepreneurs and businesses can’t have an internet connection that slows down their vision.
