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Connecting a high performance network connection

Aug. 31, 2017 -

At my home I have this crazy fast optical internet connection. It is a 600MB up and down fibre connection which directly arrives in my home (no copper cables involved). It's like a private internet highway. Reason enough to find out if I could do something to make better use of all this speedy fiber galore...

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Averaging 3.4 milliseconds in pinging Google. That's fast, datacenter fast.
Averaging 3.4 milliseconds in pinging Google. That's fast, datacenter fast.
Clouds below my floor: my little basement datacenter.
Clouds below my floor: my little basement datacenter.
Graphs from the connection monitoring system (from the real datacenter) cleary show when I tested my little server
Graphs from the connection monitoring system (from the real datacenter) cleary show when I tested my little server
Though a hatch near my front door I have access to the space below the floor.
Though a hatch near my front door I have access to the space below the floor.
Connected a monitor and keyboard to test the systems
Connected a monitor and keyboard to test the systems
Sitting on some concrete tiles the modified PC is connected to the internet
Sitting on some concrete tiles the modified PC is connected to the internet

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